Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate at 4.2 Percent in December, Remaining Below National Average for 31 Consecutive Months Since May of 2023

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) released its preliminary employment situation report for December of 2025 today. The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania was unchanged over the month at 4.2 percent in December of 2025. The unemployment rate in the United States was down one-tenth of a percentage point from November of 2025 to 4.4 percent in December of 2025.