IMPROVEMENT IN PA JOB MARKET NUMBERS

Things are looking up for Pennsylvania’s job numbers. State number crunchers say more than 15-thousand non-farm jobs were added to the Commonwealth last month, maintaining a three-point-four-percent state unemployment rate, compared to the national unemployment rate of three-point-eight-percent. The state labor force grew by 20-thousand in March, posting another record high in that category. Officials say the state’s education and health-services sectors posted the biggest gains among all job categories.