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<p>HARRISBURG &#8212; The Pennsylvania Department of Labor &amp; Industry Friday released its employment situation report for November, that shows Pennsylvania&#8217;s unemployment rate was at 5.7 percent &#8212; down one-tenth of a percentage point from October.</p><p>Pennsylvania&#8217;s civilian labor force was down 2,000 over the month to 6,528,000. Resident employment increased by 1,000 and the unemployment count declined by 3,000, the report showed.</p><p>Total non-farm jobs were up 3,300 to 5,895,300 in November. The gain was restricted to private service providing jobs, which reached a record high of 4,374,100.</p><p>The two largest movements among super-sectors were both gains that set record highs &#8212; education and health services (plus 7,400) and professional and business services (plus 5,000). The largest volume drop was in trade, transportation &amp; utilities, down 2,600.</p><p>Over the year, total non-farm jobs in Pennsylvania were up 38,900 (plus 0.7 percent). Six of the 11 super-sectors added jobs from last November.</p><p>The largest increase over the past twelve months was in education and health services (plus 20,900), while the largest decline was in mining and logging (minus 7,600).</p><style>
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PA unemployment rate declines to 5.7 percent in November