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WILKES-BARRE &mdash; Pennsylvania&rsquo;s unemployment rate was down three percentage points over the month to 13.1 percent in May.
				The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Friday released its employment situation report for May.
				The May unemployment and jobs surveys collected data that referenced the week from May 10-16 prior to many counties moving to the yellow phase of reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic.
				The national rate fell 1.4 percentage points from May to 13.3 percent. The commonwealth&rsquo;s unemployment rate increased by 8.9 percentage points from May 2019 while the national rate was up 9.7 points over the year.
				Pennsylvania&rsquo;s civilian labor force &mdash; the estimated number of residents working or looking for work &mdash; was up 23,000 over the month. Resident employment was up 211,000, while unemployment declined by 188,000.
				Pennsylvania&rsquo;s total non-farm jobs were up 198,300 over the month to 5,191,400 in May. May&rsquo;s gain was the largest single-month increase on record.
				Jobs increased in 9 of the 11 industry super-sectors. The largest volume gain was an increase of 77,400 in construction, which recovered over two-thirds of its March and April losses.
				Over the year, total non-farm jobs in Pennsylvania were down 863,800 with declines in each of the 11 super-sectors. The largest volume 12-month change among super-sectors was a decline of 300,100 jobs in leisure & hospitality.
				Additional information is available on the L&I website at www.dli.pa.gov or 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 unemployment rate at 13.1 percent in May