Butler County jobless rate again lowest in region at 3.1%
Butler County’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate for the month of June again remained the lowest in the seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area at 3.1%, according to the most recent data from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry.
Overall, the Pittsburgh region’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate was unchanged from May to June, at 3.3%.
In addition, the statewide rate stood unchanged at 3.4%, while the national rate ticked up one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.1%.
Armstrong, Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland are the other counties in the Pittsburgh region.
Allegheny County came in with the second-lowest rate in the region at 3.2%, followed by Washington County at 3.3%.
Fayette County had the highest rate in the region for June at 4.5%, with Armstrong County behind it at 4.1%.
In counties surrounding Butler not classified as part of the Pittsburgh region, Mercer County came in with a seasonally adjusted rate of 3.7%, followed by Venango County at 4%, Clarion County at 4.1% and Lawrence County at 4.3%.
The Gettysburg, Lancaster and State College regions came in with the lowest rates in the state, all at 2.6%, which has remained unchanged since March.
The region with the highest rate in the state was East Stroudsburg at 4.1%, followed by the Johnstown region at 4% and Scranton at 3.9%.
Seasonally adjusted total nonfarm jobs in the Pittsburgh region increased by 3,300 over the past month to 1,175,200 in June. Statewide jobs were up by 1.6% since June 2023.
Jobs increased from May to June in eight of the 11 “supersectors” in the Pittsburgh area — the broadest groups of industries.
The largest increase over the past month was a seasonal gain in leisure and hospitality, which added 5,900 jobs, followed by professional and business services, which gained 2,500 jobs.
Over the past year, education and health services gained 13,100 jobs, while leisure and hospitality gained 5,600.
The supersector with the largest loss over the past year was construction, with a drop of 1,400 jobs.
