HARRISBURG –– Unemployment decreased slightly across the region in June, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry reported on Friday.

For McKean County, the rate was 6 percent for June and 6.5 percent for May; Elk County, 4.9 percent for June and 5.1 for May; Cameron County, 7.4 percent for June, a 1-percent increase from May; and Potter County 6.2 percent for June and 6.8 percent for May.

All told, the state’s average unemployment rate totaled 5 percent.

“This was the second consecutive month with no change,” state officials said in a prepared statement. “The commonwealth’s rate remained above that of the United States, which was down one-tenth of a percentage point from June to 4.3 percent. Over the year, the Pennsylvania rate declined by one-half of a percentage point.”

Pennsylvania’s civilian labor force was down 18,000 over the month to 6,456,000, officials stated. Resident employment decreased by 16,000, while the unemployment count was down 1,000.

Pennsylvania’s nonfarm jobs count was up 29,000 to a record high of 5,953,800 in July. Eight of the 11 supersectors added jobs with the largest movement in manufacturing, up 8,300. For a second consecutive month, both professional & business services and leisure and hospitality rose to new record high levels, Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry reported.

Total nonfarm jobs in Pennsylvania were up 1.0 percent from July 2016, while jobs in the United States were up 1.5 percent. Six supersectors in the commonwealth added jobs over the year, with three adding more than 20,000. The largest increase over the past 12 months was in education and health services, up 27,600, while the largest decline was in government, down 13,500.

“The data are seasonally adjusted. Seasonally adjusted data provide the most valid month-to-month comparison,” officials said.