Region's Unemployment Rates Fare Better Than National Average
While reports from the U.S. Department of Labor on Friday showed the nation hitting a snag in efforts to lower unemployment rates, Pennsylvania is boasting a somewhat rosier picture than the rest of the country.
Figures from the report showed the nation's economy adding only 54,000 non-farm jobs in May. The unemployment rate also inched back up to 9.1 percent from 9 percent the month before, reflecting about 14 million people unemployed. The report was generally considered to be a huge disappointment after an impressive April in which 232,000 jobs were added.
Western Pennsylvania counties by and large have been faring better than the national average of 9.2 percent unemployment, according to recent Department of Labor figures. However, Fayette and Armstrong counties had the highest unemployment rates at 9.6 and 9.5 percent, respectively.
While Pennsylvania’s latest unemployment figures won’t be released until mid-June, Christopher Manlove, spokesman for the state Department of Labor & Industry , also noted its numbers of jobless residents have been trending downward in recent months.
“It’s a significant decrease for a pretty extended period of time,” he said. “I would say we are faring better than the rest of the nation as a whole.”
He said the state's unemployment rate in April was 7.5 percent, or 1.3 percentage points lower than the rate at the same time in 2010. This is the largest single-year decrease in the state since 1987, and it could presage more good news for last month’s numbers, he said.
“When you look at the unemployment rate, you’re looking at a picture of the past, and for some time now the state’s rate has been trending down,” he said. “We hope that continues.”
Cranberry Sitting Pretty
In Western Pennsylvania, Cranberry Township's employment rates are on an upward arc.
“Fortunately, we are blooming greatly,” Township Manager Jerry Andree said. “We are doing really well.”
More than 11,000 jobs have been created in Cranberry since 1992, including 3,500 jobs that were added in 2009 when Westinghouse Electric Company opened its new headquarters in the Cranberry Woods business park, Andree said.
Andree said the township was able to woo Westinghouse, formerly headquartered in Monroeville, from a potential move to Charlotte, NC, by providing an attractive work environment with walking trails, fountains, trees and other aesthetically pleasing niceties.
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More than 11000 jobs have been created in Cranberry since 1992, including 3500 jobs that were added in 2009 when Westinghouse Electric Company opened its new headquarters in the Cranberry Woods business park, Andree said. Andree said the township was
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