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Labor Market Information on Unemployment in Pennsylvania
Tim McElhinnyJames MartiniCenter for Workforce Information & Analysis
Unemployment Rate: PA & US
January
, 2007
April, 2007
July, 2007
October,
2007
January
, 2008
April, 2008
July, 2008
October,
2008
January
, 2009
April, 2009
July, 2009
October,
2009
January
, 2010
April, 2010
July, 2010
October,
2010
January
, 2011
April, 2011
July, 2011
October,
2011
January
, 2012
April, 2012
July, 2012
October,
2012
January
, 2013
April, 2013
July, 2013
October,
2013
January
, 2014
April, 2014
July, 2014
October,
20144.0%
5.0%
6.0%
7.0%
8.0%
9.0%
10.0%
11.0%
PA US
Short- and Long-Term Unemployed
2007 2010 20140
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
41,598
211,210
116,396
230,980
333,324
248,057
Long-term Short-term
Labor Force Participation Rate
2007 2010 201461.0%
61.5%
62.0%
62.5%
63.0%
63.5%
64.0%
64.5%
65.0%
64.5%
63.2%
62.4%
Labor Force Participation Rate
Discouraged Workers
2007 2010 20140
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
14,463
41,823
36,001
Discouraged Workers
PA Unemployment Rate by Demographic Group
Select PA Labor Force Characteristics
U6: Total Unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part-time for economic reasons
PA Unemployment Rate by Educational Group
UC Exhaustees Quick Facts:
• 64% have a HS diploma or less• 59% made less than $30,000 per year prior to collecting; 84% made less than
$50,000 per year.
• Top Industries prior to collecting by percentage of all exhaustees• Education & Health Services (17%)• Professional & Business Services (17%)• Wholesale & Retail Trade (16%)• Manufacturing (14%)• Construction (11%)
Exhaustee Counts by County – Available Monthly in PA Fast Facts
Survey of UC Recipients – Background
• Over 3,000 telephone interviews conducted from a sample drawn from both short-term and long-term UC claimants (long-term claimants included those exhausting all benefits)
• Respondents were asked demographic questions including on race, age, sex, and educational background
• Also asked questions on current employment status, wage levels, training activities, and commuting
• Differences were also examined between respondents from rural counties and urban counties
• Job search activities were also asked about, both in terms of what respondents had done, and what they considered to be most helpful
Findings from the Survey of UC Recipients
• The average respondent was slightly older, more educated, and more likely to be married the average unemployed individual (based on Current Population Survey data)
• Nearly two-thirds of all respondents indicated that they had received specific training for their occupation prior to collecting UC
• More than half of respondents indicated they had worked for their previous employers for four years or longer; nearly one-quarter said they had been with the same employer for 10 years or longer
• Respondents from rural counties were much more likely than those from urban counties to have worked in a goods-producing industry prior to collecting UC
• Urban respondents were more likely to have stopped receiving UC because their benefits stopped being funded; they were also more likely to not be working but still looking for work
Findings from the Survey of UC Recipients – continued
• Among individuals working 35 hours or more at a primary job, nearly one fourth were still actively looking for full-time work, indicating dissatisfaction with their employment situation
• More than 55% of all respondents indicated they were unemployed during the week prior to being interviewed; this was higher for short-term claimants than long-term claimants
• Approximately 20% of unemployed respondents indicated they had pursued additional training or education; nearly 60% indicated a willingness to pursue additional training or education
• Over 90% indicated utilizing 3 or more types of job search; 58% stated participating in at least 8 different types of job search activities
• Urban respondents were more likely to employ online resources than rural respondents
• The 2 types of job search activity that were most instrumental in either getting a job or closer to getting a job were networking and searching internet job boards