New jobs numbers have set a record high in a report from the state labor department. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry released its preliminary employment report for December 2023, showing the Commonwealth’s unemployment rate was at three and a half percent as of Friday. State officials say the two industries that reached record highs were construction and financial activities. Non-farm jobs also were up to a record high of over six-million-182-thousand jobs in December, making it the 11th record high from last year.
