Unemployment rates through the COVID pandemic

Lehigh Valley represents the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area covering Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and Warren counties. January 2022 was the area's most recent rate available as of March 26, 2022.

Seasonally adjusted. Rates are preliminary for the Lehigh Valley in December 2021 and January 2022 and for Pennsylvania in February 2022.
Chart: Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com Source: Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Get the data