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WILKES-BARRE &mdash; Pennsylvania&rsquo;s civilian labor force &mdash; the estimated number of residents working or looking for work &mdash; increased 35,000 over the month due mostly to a gain in employment of 30,000.
				Pennsylvania&rsquo;s unemployment rate was unchanged over the month, remaining at 7.3 percent in February.
				The U.S. rate declined one-tenth of a percentage point from January to 6.2 percent.
				The commonwealth&rsquo;s unemployment rate was 2.3 percentage points above its February 2020, level while the national rate was up 2.7 points over the year.
				The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) on Friday released its employment situation report for February 2021.
				Pennsylvania&rsquo;s total non-farm jobs were up 16,600 over the month to 5,656,700 in February, the ninth gain in the past 10 months.
				Jobs increased in 8 of the 11 industry super-sectors, with the largest volume gain in leisure & hospitality (+12,800).
				Additional information is available on the L&I website at &mdash; www.dli.pa.gov &mdash; or by following on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
				Note: The above data are seasonally adjusted. Seasonally adjusted data provide the most valid month-to-month comparison.

Pennsylvania’s February unemployment rate unchanged; 30,000 jobs added