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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Pittsburgh Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Feb 2023
Pittsburgh, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2023
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Aug 2023
Pittsburgh Area Employment – September 2022 Employment News Release Oct 2022
Consumer Price Index, Pittsburgh – Second Half 2017 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2018
Fatal Work Injuries in the Pittsburgh Area — 2018 Workplace fatalities News Release Jun 2020
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2023
Workplace Fatalities in Pittsburgh, PA – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages in Pittsburgh – May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2022
Unemployment in the Pittsburgh Area by County – June 2020 Unemployment News Release Aug 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Pennsylvania’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2017
Pittsburgh, PA Economy at a Glance:
Pittsburgh, PA
Data Series Back
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2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

   (p)1,172.8 1,175.8 (p)1,177.0    

Employment(1)

   (p)1,116.3 1,117.9 (p)1,130.9    

Unemployment(1)

   (p)56.5 57.9 (p)46.2    

Unemployment Rate(2)

   (p)4.8 4.9 (p)3.9    

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,165.5 1,138.4 1,146.9 1,156.4 1,170.6 (p)1,175.6

12-month % change

 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 (p)1.9

Mining and Logging(3)

 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.3 (p)8.4

12-month % change

 2.5 3.8 6.5 6.5 6.4 (p)6.3

Construction(3)

 55.1 50.7 50.2 52.1 57.5 (p)58.1

12-month % change

 -5.8 -4.9 -6.0 -6.3 -3.2 (p)-4.3

Manufacturing(3)

 83.5 83.5 84.2 84.8 85.6 (p)85.2

12-month % change

 2.3 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.8 (p)2.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 210.5 203.5 202.5 203.3 204.3 (p)207.5

12-month % change

 0.2 -0.2 0.5 0.6 0.7 (p)1.8

Information(3)

 21.8 21.7 21.5 21.8 21.5 (p)21.7

12-month % change

 6.9 6.9 4.4 5.3 3.4 (p)3.3

Financial Activities(3)

 75.7 75.3 75.4 75.8 75.6 (p)75.9

12-month % change

 2.4 1.6 1.6 2.4 3.3 (p)3.4

Professional and Business Services(3)

 193.3 191.8 193.0 193.6 196.0 (p)195.5

12-month % change

 4.2 4.6 4.2 3.6 3.6 (p)2.6

Education and Health Services(3)

 246.9 243.4 246.6 247.2 247.4 (p)244.0

12-month % change

 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.1 (p)1.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 111.6 104.5 106.3 110.0 114.7 (p)119.2

12-month % change

 5.8 3.2 4.0 4.3 4.7 (p)3.8

Other Services(3)

 46.4 46.1 46.6 46.7 46.7 (p)47.4

12-month % change

 2.0 2.9 3.3 2.6 2.0 (p)2.4

Government(3)

 112.6 109.8 112.4 112.9 113.0 (p)112.7

12-month % change

 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.6 (p)1.0

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary