The seasonally adjusted jobless rate for Butler County fell from 3.6% in October to 3.4% in November, according to the most recent data released by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry. Butler Eagle Graphic

The Pittsburgh region’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate came in at 4%, which was the lowest rate on record for the area since records began being tracked in 1976.

Butler County’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropped two-tenths of a percent in November 2022 to 3.4%, the lowest rate out of the seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area according to the most recent data released by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry.

Pennsylvania’s seasonally adjusted rate clocked in at 4%, while the United States came in at 3.7%.

Butler County’s seasonally adjusted labor force did lose 1,400 people from October to November in 2022, rounding out at 98,300.

Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland are among the other counties in the Pittsburgh region.

Not every county in the region saw a decrease in its seasonally adjusted rate.

Aside from Butler, Armstrong County was the only other county in the Pittsburgh region that saw a decrease in its seasonally adjusted rate, falling from 4.9% in October to 4.6% in November.

Out of the other surrounding counties not part of the Pittsburgh region, Clarion and Mercer Counties came in with a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.5%, Venango County at 4.6% and Lawrence County at 5%.

The Gettysburg Metropolitan Statistical Area boasted the lowest seasonally adjusted rate in the state at 2.8%, while East Stroudsburg had the highest at 5.5%.

Jobs rose from October to November in six of the 11 “supersectors” in the Pittsburgh area — the broadest groups of industries.

There was a seasonal gain in trade, transportation and utilities, which added 1,600 jobs.

The next largest increases were education and health services, which added 1,300 jobs, while government added 1,000 jobs.

Construction and professional and business services each lost 600 jobs.

Leisure and hospitality had a seasonal decline of 3,500 in November, however, it posted the largest over-the-year gain in November of any supersector, increasing by 10,200, or 9.8% since 2021.