Job openings remain at record levels in Pennsylvania. The state department of labor and industry says the measure of open jobs increased by just over a percent and a half for the latest market information. Employers posted 435-thousand openings in December, compared to an average of about 281-thousand before the pandemic. The pre-COVID average was 28-thousand job openings in a typical month. Still, the state agency says the number of residents employed increased by about 11-thousand in January.