Unemployment
Rate in Chester County, Pennsylvania is the Lowest in the State
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Chester County Has the Lowest Rate of Unemployment in Pennsylvania
According
to an article published by the Philadelphia Inquirer last week,
the unemployment rate in Chester County, Pennsylvania is so low that some
industries are unable to keep up with their labor demands. Right now, the unemployment rate sits at 2.6 percent: the
lowest in the state.
Some Industries in the Chester County Area Face a Labor Shortage.
The
chief executive of the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry told the
Philadelphia Inquirer that for every one person looking for a job, two or three
are available. There were 25,532 online job postings for Chester County in
April, according to the Department of Community Development. This is consistent
with the usual yearly trend of job postings going up in April, and when
considering the current unemployment rate, it is no surprise that there are
labor shortages.
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How is Unemployment Defined?
Not
everyone without a job is considered “unemployed”. According to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, unemployment
is defined as people who do not have a job, have looked for a job within the
last 4 weeks, and are available for work. People who have been laid off and are waiting to be called
back are included in unemployment statistics.
How do the Unemployment Rates of
Other Philadelphia Suburban Counties Compare to that of Chester County?
Chester
County is not the only county in the Philadelphia area whose unemployment
rate has dropped steadily over the last few years.
What is the Unemployment Rate in Montgomery County, PA?
In Montgomery County, which currently has an unemployment rate of 3 percent, it
has gone down by 0.9 percent.
What is the Unemployment Rate in Delaware County, PA?
In Delaware County, the unemployment rate is a mere3.4%, and has declined 1.1% since March 2017.
What is the Unemployment Rate in Bucks County, PA?
In Bucks County, it has gone
down by a full
1 percent, and now sits at 3.4 percent. Even in the city it has gone down: between 2017 and 2019, the
Philadelphia County’s unemployment rate has dropped 1.6 percent, leaving it at
4.6 percent.
In
fact, all eleven Philadelphia area counties have lower unemployment rates now
than they did in 2017. During the month of March alone, over
10,000 people went from being unemployed to employed in the state of
Pennsylvania.
Despite
this, some Pennsylvanians - particularly those in Philadelphia - believe
that the availability of jobs is not enough. Many people are of the opinion that the ability to get a
job is useless if it does not pay enough to make a living, which is often the
case in the city.
Here are up to date unemployment statistics from Pennsylvania's Department of Labor:
What Industries are Seeking Workers
in Chester County?
While
there are opportunities in nearly every industry right now - nursing,
technology, customer service, financing, etc. - the agriculture and
transportation industries have the most open positions.
The
agriculture industry in the are alone has 1000+
full time positions open, from harvesters to machine operators. With 24 percent
of its land being utilized for field farming, agriculture is a much larger
industry in Chester County than some people may realize.
Kennett
Square’s Phillip Mushroom Farms alone is seeking 30-40 more people, namely
harvesters. It is not a job that requires much education or previous
experience, so it is accessible to nearly everyone looking for a full time
position.
The
transportation is similarly searching for full time workers. It is also another
industry with on-the-job training and only lower education requirements. There
were nearly 4,000 postings in April related to the industry, however, with the
rise of online shopping, truck driving has gone down in popularity.
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| Vanguard's Main Office in Malvern PA |
The
Vanguard Company Inc., an investment company with its headquarters in Malvern (Chester County), is also one of the hiring
powerhouses in the Philadelphia suburbs. As of July 2019, the company had over 300 positions
open when the Inquirer article was written, ranging from entry level to
supervisory positions.
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