State College, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for State College fell 0.2 percentage points in February 2019 to 2.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.2 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in State College peaked in January 2010 at 6.4% and is now 3.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare State College unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.2	-0.3
Pennsylvania	4.0%	-0.1	-0.5
State College	2.8%	-0.2	-0.9

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2019 data as March metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: State College, Pennsylvania, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

State College, Pennsylvania Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in State College peaked in February 2010 at 4,902. There are now 2,607 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,271 in August 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 24. State College employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in State College, Pennsylvania) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
State College	2,295	-80	-588

Number of Unemployed Persons

State College, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate	State College Unemployment Rate	State College Unemployed
March 2019	3.8%	3.9%	—	—
February 2019	3.8%	4.0%	2.8%	2,295
January 2019	4.0%	4.1%	3.0%	2,375
December 2018	3.9%	4.2%	3.3%	2,623
November 2018	3.7%	4.2%	3.2%	2,545
October 2018	3.8%	4.2%	3.4%	2,658
September 2018	3.7%	4.2%	3.3%	2,540
August 2018	3.8%	4.2%	2.9%	2,271
July 2018	3.9%	4.2%	3.1%	2,414
June 2018	4.0%	4.2%	3.2%	2,469
May 2018	3.8%	4.3%	3.1%	2,353
April 2018	3.9%	4.3%	3.4%	2,656