The number of nonfarm jobs in Pennsylvania dropped by 5,900 to 5,801,300 in August, the state said Wednesday.
Jobs increased in only the education and health services and natural resource and mining sectors.
The state's seasonally-adjusted jobless rate rose 0.4 percentage point to 5.8 percent in August, from 5.4 percent in July, but it was 1.4 percent higher than the August 2007 rate of 4.4 percent.
The civilian labor force increased in August to 6.402 million, from July's total of 6.364 million. The number of jobless rose to 372,000 in August, from 341,000 in July.
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