State College, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for State College fell 0.3 percentage points in May 2018 to 3.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.4 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in State College peaked in January 2010 at 6.4% and is now 3.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare State College unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.1	-0.5
Pennsylvania	4.5%	-0.2	-0.4
State College	3.1%	-0.3	-0.6

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2018 data as June 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 2,545 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. State College employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in State College, Pennsylvania) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
State College	2,357	-299	-570

Number of Unemployed Persons

State College, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate	State College Unemployment Rate	State College Unemployed
June 2018	4.0%	—	—	—
May 2018	3.8%	4.5%	3.1%	2,357
April 2018	3.9%	4.7%	3.4%	2,656
March 2018	4.1%	4.8%	3.3%	2,600
February 2018	4.1%	4.8%	3.7%	2,883
January 2018	4.1%	4.8%	3.6%	2,807
December 2017	4.1%	4.8%	3.6%	2,842
November 2017	4.1%	4.8%	3.6%	2,849
October 2017	4.1%	4.8%	3.6%	2,828
September 2017	4.2%	4.8%	3.6%	2,807
August 2017	4.4%	4.8%	3.5%	2,780
July 2017	4.3%	4.8%	3.5%	2,762