Butler County's jobless rate in September increased to 5.7%, as the county lost its title as having the lowest rate in the Pittsburgh area for just the second time since November 2017.

In data released Tuesday by the state Department of Labor & Industry, Butler County's labor force increased by 100 workers, but 100 fewer workers were employed, a double-whammy on the county's jobless rate, which increased 0.1 percentage points in a month's time.

Just one other county in the seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area — which includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland counties — had an increase in its unemployment rate, as Armstrong County saw a 0.7-percentage point jump.

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