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Economic Summaries:
Economic Summaries are specialized products that combine data graphically from subjects such as unemployment, inflation, and wages into a single document for selected metropolitan areas. To view a specific area in this region, use the dropdown list below or click here.
News Releases:
Unemployment in the Pittsburgh Area by County – March 2017
In March, Allegheny and Butler Counties had the lowest unemployment rates in the Pittsburgh, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area, at 5.0 percent each, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Minimum Wage Workers in Pennsylvania — 2016
Of the 3,516,000 workers paid hourly rates in Pennsylvania in 2016, 73,000 earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, while 71,000 earned less.
Minimum Wage Workers in Virginia — 2016
Of the 1,957,000 workers paid hourly rates in Virginia in 2016, 26,000 earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, while 57,000 earned less.
Unemployment in the Philadelphia Area by County – March 2017
In March, Chester County, Pa., had the lowest unemployment rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area at 3.5 percent.
Unemployment on the Delmarva Peninsula by County – March 2017
In March, Worcester County, Md., had the highest unemployment rate on the Delmarva Peninsula at 11.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
