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State College, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for State College fell 0.0 percentage points in January 2023 to 3.1%. 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 April 2020 at 10.4% and is now 7.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.1% in October 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare State College unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Pennsylvania 4.3% 0.0 -0.2
State College 3.1% 0.0 -0.7
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: State College, Pennsylvania, National

State College, Pennsylvania monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

State College, Pennsylvania Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in State College peaked in April 2020 at 7,780. There are now 5,363 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,348 in November 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 69. State College employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in State College, Pennsylvania) is also available.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
State College 2,417 +64 -484

Number of Unemployed Persons

State College, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Pennsylvania
Unemployment Rate
State College
Unemployment Rate
State College
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 4.3% 3.1% 2,417
December
2022
3.5% 4.3% 3.1% 2,353
November
2022
3.6% 4.4% 3.1% 2,348
October
2022
3.7% 4.4% 3.1% 2,377
September
2022
3.5% 4.3% 3.2% 2,439
August
2022
3.7% 4.3% 3.2% 2,498
July
2022
3.5% 4.3% 3.2% 2,502
June
2022
3.6% 4.3% 3.3% 2,569
May
2022
3.6% 4.3% 3.3% 2,561
April
2022
3.6% 4.3% 3.4% 2,633
March
2022
3.6% 4.4% 3.5% 2,692

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.