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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Pennsylvania&#8217;s unemployment rate was up one-tenth of a percentage point from October to 4.3% and the state&#8217;s estimated number of residents working or looking for work was up 18,000 over the month to more than 6.5 million.</p><p>The Pennsylvania Department of Labor &amp; Industry on Friday released its employment situation report for November 2019.</p><p>The national unemployment rate was down one-tenth of a percentage point over the month to 3.5%.</p><p>The commonwealth&#8217;s unemployment rate increased by one-tenth of a percentage point from November 2018 while the national rate was down two-tenths of a percentage point over the year.</p><p>November was the fourth consecutive month in which employment and unemployment both increased, signaling that people are continuing to enter the workforce.</p><p>The estimated number of jobs in Pennsylvania &#8212; referred to as total non-farm jobs &#8212; increased 9,500 over the month to a record high of 6,070,500 in November.</p><p>Jobs were up in six of the 11 industry super-sectors. The largest super-sector movement from October was a gain of 8,000 leisure and hospitality jobs. Education and health services and professional and business services both rose to record high levels in November.</p><p>Over the year, total non-farm jobs in Pennsylvania were up 48,400, with gains in nine of the 11 super-sectors. The largest volume change from last November among super-sectors was an increase of 14,300 professional and business services jobs, which had gains in all three component sectors.</p><p>Additional information is available on the L&amp;I website at www.dli.pa.gov or by following L&amp;I on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.</p><p>The above data are seasonally adjusted. Seasonally adjusted data provide the most valid month-to-month comparison.</p><style>
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Pa.’s unemployment rate at 4.3%; jobs reach record high