Pennsylvania reports record low unemployment rates

Harrisburg, Dauphin County — The Pennsylvania employment report reported a 4.1% unemployment rate in September.

This is the lowest rate on record and was last seen in April of 2000.

Across the country, other states are seeing lows as well.

“Nationally, the unemployment rate is back at 3.5%, matching historic lows in recent years and we’ve seen in many states, Pennsylvania being one of them that unemployment is at record lows,” said Heather Boushey from the President’s Council of Economic Advisers.

The largest employment gain over the past year was in government.