HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate fell again for the ninth straight month, according to state data released Friday, even as payroll and labor force growth remained relatively stagnant in April.

The rate fell three-tenths of a percentage point to 5.7 percent in April, the state Department of Labor and Industry reported. That gives Pennsylvania’s its lowest unemployment rate since September 2008 and one that’s lower than the national rate of 6.3 percent for April.