HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN CO. — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate fell to 3.6% in September, its lowest level in three years, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the state Department of Labor & Industry. The rate was down one-tenth of a percentage point from August and six-tenths below the national rate of 4.2%. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania The state’s rate was last this low in September 2023. It is one-tenth of a percentage point above Pennsylvania’s record low, set in summer 2023, about five months after Gov. Josh Shapiro took office in January 2023. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate fell eight-tenths of a percentage point over the past year, from 4.4% in September 2025.
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