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WILKES-BARRE &mdash; Pennsylvania&rsquo;s unemployment rate was down 0.8 percentage points over the month to 6.6 percent in November &mdash; falling below the U.S. rate of 6.7 percent in November for the first time since May 2015.
				The commonwealth&rsquo;s unemployment rate was 2.0 percentage points above its November 2019 level while the national rate was up 3.2 points over the year.
				The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Friday released its employment situation report for November 2020.
				Pennsylvania&rsquo;s civilian labor force &mdash; the estimated number of residents working or looking for work &mdash; decreased 40,000 over the month as unemployment declined 55,000, while resident employment was up 15,000.
				Pennsylvania&rsquo;s total non-farm jobs were up 21,000 over the month to 5,637,600 in November &mdash; the seventh consecutive monthly gain.
				Jobs increased in 7 of the 11 industry super-sectors. The largest volume gain was in trade, transportation, and utilities, up 10,000 jobs.
				Over the past seven months, Pennsylvania has recovered 57.7% of the total non-farm jobs lost in March and April.
				Over the year, total non-farm jobs in Pennsylvania were down 452,600 (-7.4%) with declines in each of the 11 super-sectors. The largest 12-month change among super-sectors was a decline of 139,000 jobs in leisure & hospitality.
				Additional information is available on the L&I website at &mdash; www.dli.pa.gov &mdash; or by following L&I 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 declines to 6.6% in November