PENNLIVE / AP: …The state Department of Labor and Industry said Friday that an April survey of employers showed that payrolls grew by 27,000 jobs, the biggest one-month jump since February 1996.
The biggest increase was in construction, adding 10,000 jobs. The payrolls figure is preliminary and could be revised next month.
Meanwhile, April’s unemployment rate remained unchanged from March at 5.3 percent. Pennsylvania hit a post-recession low of 5 percent in December. The national rate for April was 5.4 percent… (more)
