Unemployment Rate in Berks County, PA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Berks County Compares
National Distribution
Where Berks County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Berks County: 5.4%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,268 | Garden County, NE | 5.4% |
| #2,269 | Wayne County, IN | 5.4% |
| #2,270 | Wetzel County, WV | 5.4% |
| #2,271 | Berks County, PA | 5.4% |
| #2,272 | Broward County, FL | 5.4% |
| #2,273 | Nevada County, CA | 5.4% |
| #2,274 | Hardin County, TX | 5.4% |
Unemployment Rate in Berks County, Pennsylvania
Berks County, Pennsylvania has a unemployment rate of 5.4%, which ranks #2,271 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 2.3% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within Pennsylvania, Berks County ranks #45 of 67 out of 67 counties. This places it in the 30th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.