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Pennsylvania jobless rate slides back from pandemic peak

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HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania’s unemployment began sliding down from its pandemic peak in May, even clocking in at below the national rate as payrolls grew by almost 200,000, the state said Friday.Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was 13.1% in May, down 3 percentage points from April's adjusted rate, the state Department of Labor and Industry said.

It had initially estimated Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate at 15.1% in April, its highest rate in over four decades of record-keeping.But that preliminary figure was adjusted upward to 16.1% in April, setting yet another four-decade record.

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