| May - 1998 | April - 1998 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Centre | 1 | 2.3 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Chester | 2 | 2.6 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Cumberland | 2 | 2.6 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Montour | 4 | 2.7 | 5 | 2.9 |
| Lancaster | 5 | 2.8 | 4 | 2.6 |
| Dauphin | 6 | 2.9 | 5 | 2.9 |
| Fulton | 7 | 3.1 | 19 | 4.1 |
| Montgomery | 8 | 3.2 | 7 | 3.1 |
| Perry | 9 | 3.3 | 9 | 3.3 |
| Franklin | 10 | 3.4 | 8 | 3.2 |
| Union | 10 | 3.4 | 11 | 3.4 |
| Bucks | 12 | 3.6 | 11 | 3.4 |
| Lebanon | 13 | 3.7 | 14 | 3.7 |
| York | 13 | 3.7 | 11 | 3.4 |
| Adams | 15 | 3.8 | 9 | 3.3 |
| Butler | 16 | 3.9 | 24 | 4.3 |
| Snyder | 16 | 3.9 | 19 | 4.1 |
| Warren | 16 | 3.9 | 17 | 4.0 |
| Allegheny | 19 | 4.0 | 16 | 3.9 |
| Delaware | 19 | 4.0 | 14 | 3.7 |
| Mercer | 21 | 4.1 | 21 | 4.2 |
| Berks | 22 | 4.2 | 17 | 4.0 |
| Pike | 22 | 4.2 | 24 | 4.3 |
| Bradford | 24 | 4.3 | 29 | 4.8 |
| Lehigh | 24 | 4.3 | 21 | 4.2 |
| Northampton | 26 | 4.5 | 21 | 4.2 |
| Bedford | 27 | 4.6 | 33 | 5.0 |
| Crawford | 27 | 4.6 | 27 | 4.6 |
| Susquehanna | 27 | 4.6 | 28 | 4.7 |
| Venango | 27 | 4.6 | 31 | 4.9 |
| Beaver | 31 | 4.7 | 26 | 4.5 |
| Columbia | 31 | 4.7 | 33 | 5.0 |
| Sullivan | 31 | 4.7 | 60 | 7.0 |
| Clarion | 34 | 4.8 | 33 | 5.0 |
| Elk | 34 | 4.8 | 29 | 4.8 |
| Westmoreland | 34 | 4.8 | 31 | 4.9 |
| Blair | 37 | 4.9 | 33 | 5.0 |
| Lawrence | 38 | 5.1 | 41 | 5.6 |
| Erie | 39 | 5.2 | 38 | 5.2 |
| Washington | 39 | 5.2 | 33 | 5.0 |
| Lycoming | 41 | 5.3 | 40 | 5.3 |
| Tioga | 41 | 5.3 | 38 | 5.2 |
| Somerset | 43 | 5.4 | 48 | 6.0 |
| Mifflin | 44 | 5.6 | 47 | 5.9 |
| Northumberland | 44 | 5.6 | 49 | 6.2 |
| Wayne | 44 | 5.6 | 57 | 6.8 |
| Lackawanna | 47 | 5.8 | 43 | 5.8 |
| Luzerne | 48 | 5.9 | 43 | 5.8 |
| Jefferson | 49 | 6.1 | 53 | 6.5 |
| Philadelphia | 49 | 6.1 | 43 | 5.8 |
| Schuylkill | 49 | 6.1 | 49 | 6.2 |
| Armstrong | 52 | 6.2 | 53 | 6.5 |
| Cameron | 52 | 6.2 | 42 | 5.7 |
| Clinton | 52 | 6.2 | 53 | 6.5 |
| Fayette | 52 | 6.2 | 57 | 6.8 |
| Juniata | 52 | 6.2 | 43 | 5.8 |
| Cambria | 57 | 6.3 | 51 | 6.4 |
| Indiana | 57 | 6.3 | 53 | 6.5 |
| Monroe | 59 | 6.6 | 59 | 6.9 |
| Wyoming | 59 | 6.6 | 60 | 7.0 |
| Carbon | 61 | 6.7 | 62 | 7.2 |
| Forest | 61 | 6.7 | 67 | 8.6 |
| Huntingdon | 63 | 7.0 | 64 | 7.7 |
| Potter | 64 | 7.1 | 62 | 7.2 |
| McKean | 65 | 7.3 | 51 | 6.4 |
| Clearfield | 66 | 7.7 | 65 | 7.8 |
| Greene | 67 | 8.0 | 66 | 8.2 |