Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate Remains 4.0 Percent in August, Marking 28th Month in a Row at or Below National Average

(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry released its preliminary employment situation report for August of 2025 today. The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania during August of 2025 remained at 4 percent, which was unchanged over the month. August of 2025 was the 28th month in a row that the rate of unemployment in Pennsylvania was below or at the national unemployment average, which was 4.3 percent in the United States for August of 2025. That unemployment rate in the United States for August of 2025 went up by one-tenth of a point over the month.