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WILKES-BARRE &mdash; Pennsylvania&rsquo;s unemployment rate was down 0.1 percentage points over the month to 6.7 percent in December, the eighth consecutive monthly decline.
				The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Friday released its employment situation report for December 2020.
				The U.S. rate remained unchanged from November at 6.7 percent.
				The commonwealth&rsquo;s unemployment rate was 2.1 percentage points above its December 2019 level while the national rate was up 3.1 points over the year.
				Pennsylvania&rsquo;s civilian labor force &mdash; the estimated number of residents working or looking for work &mdash; decreased 15,000 over the month due to declines in both employment and unemployment.
				Pennsylvania&rsquo;s total non-farm jobs were down 37,600 over the month to 5,606,000 in December. The December decline followed seven consecutive monthly gains.
				Jobs decreased in 7 of the 11 industry super-sectors, but the largest contributor was leisure and hospitality (-36,900).
				The largest gain was in trade, transportation, and utilities, up 18,700 jobs due to increases in all component sectors &#8211; wholesale trade, retail trade and transportation, warehousing & utilities.
				Additional information is available on the L&I website at www.dli.pa.gov or by following us 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 for eighth consecutive month