Unemployment Rate in Schuylkill County, PA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.6%
Rank #2,357/3,222 · #47 in PA
27th
Schuylkill 5.6%
PA 5.2% +7.0%
US 5.3% +5.9%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Schuylkill County's unemployment rate of 5.6% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Schuylkill County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,354 | Val Verde County, TX | 5.6% |
| #2,355 | Thomas County, GA | 5.6% |
| #2,356 | Kent County, DE | 5.6% |
| #2,357 | Schuylkill County, PA | 5.6% |
| #2,358 | McLean County, KY | 5.6% |
| #2,359 | Power County, ID | 5.6% |
| #2,360 | Baker County, OR | 5.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania has a unemployment rate of 5.6%, ranking #2,357 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 5.9% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Pennsylvania, it ranks #47 of 67. This places it in the 27th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.