May 19, 2018 1 min read

Pennsylvania put up some impressive employment-related figures in April, according to a state Department of Labor & Industry report released Friday.

After 10 consecutive months of having its unemployment rate stay at 4.8 percent, the Keystone State saw its jobless figure drop to 4.7 percent last month. That is still higher than the U.S. rate of 3.9 percent. The state’s jobless figure declined two-tenths of a percentage point since April 2017.

And for the 13th month in a row, the number of jobs in the commonwealth hit a record high, according to Labor & Industry. There were an estimated 6,015,300 nonfarm jobs, a jump of 9,100 from March. All figures are seasonally adjusted.

Nonfarm jobs were up 1.4 percent from April 2017. Nine supersectors added jobs over the year, ranging from 2,200 in mining and logging to 37,800 in education and health services.

The state’s civilian labor force – residents working or looking for work – was down an estimated 16,000 from March to 6,378,000.