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County’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate rises to 4%

The Pittsburgh region’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose slightly to 4.1% from January to February, while Butler County’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate increased as well, from 3.7% to 4% during that time.

Despite the rise, Butler County retained the lowest rate of the seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area, according to the most recent data released on Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry.

Pennsylvania’s seasonally adjusted rate rose 0.1% in February to 4.4%, while the United States rate rose slightly as well to 3.6%.

Butler County’s seasonally adjusted labor force went almost unchanged from January to February as it lost 100 workers, rounding out at 98,400.

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