JOB OPENINGS REMAIN AT RECORD LEVELS IN PENNSYLVANIA

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.