HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate crept up in April, breaking a four-month streak of declines, as payrolls shrank slightly.

The state Department of Labor and Industry said Friday that the jobless rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent last month. The national rate was 4.4 percent in April.

Employment rose by 18,000 to a record high above 6.1 million while unemployment rose by 4,000 to 315,000.

Professional and business services and leisure and hospitality businesses added employees, while most sectors shrank.