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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 Oct 2019
Pittsburgh, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table May 2023
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table May 2023
Pittsburgh Area Employment – March 2019 Employment News Release Apr 2019
Consumer Price Index, Pittsburgh – Second Half 2017 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2018
Fatal Work Injuries in the Pittsburgh Area — 2017 Workplace fatalities News Release Jul 2019
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
Workplace Fatalities in Pittsburgh, PA – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages in Pittsburgh – May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2019
Unemployment in the Pittsburgh Area by County – September 2019 Unemployment News Release Nov 2019
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
Data
Aug
2022
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2022
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2022
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2022
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2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

1,191.6 1,188.3 1,191.1 1,174.3 (p)1,177.2 (p)1,172.8

Employment(1)

1,134.1 1,147.7 1,151.3 1,133.2 (p)1,134.2 (p)1,116.3

Unemployment(1)

57.5 40.6 39.9 41.2 (p)43.0 (p)56.5

Unemployment Rate(2)

4.8 3.4 3.3 3.5 (p)3.7 (p)4.8

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

1,147.1 1,156.4 1,164.8 1,166.2 (p)1,162.2  

12-month % change

2.6 2.7 2.8 2.5 (p)2.9  

Mining and Logging(3)

9.1 9.1 9.2 9.1 (p)9.0  

12-month % change

9.6 9.6 10.8 8.3 (p)8.4  

Construction(3)

63.0 62.5 61.2 60.2 (p)56.3  

12-month % change

-1.7 -1.0 -1.4 -2.3 (p)-1.7  

Manufacturing(3)

83.5 82.8 84.1 84.0 (p)84.5  

12-month % change

3.1 3.2 4.7 4.2 (p)5.9  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

199.8 205.2 206.7 209.7 (p)211.0  

12-month % change

1.2 2.9 3.3 1.6 (p)0.8  

Information(3)

20.9 21.1 21.1 21.1 (p)21.0  

12-month % change

-0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 (p)0.0  

Financial Activities(3)

76.5 75.6 76.0 76.6 (p)77.0  

12-month % change

0.7 0.5 2.4 3.2 (p)4.1  

Professional and Business Services(3)

188.0 187.6 189.0 188.7 (p)189.5  

12-month % change

3.0 2.9 2.5 2.8 (p)6.5  

Education and Health Services(3)

232.3 236.1 239.9 240.8 (p)239.6  

12-month % change

0.7 0.5 1.2 0.8 (p)-0.1  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

121.8 117.7 118.0 115.3 (p)114.6  

12-month % change

12.5 11.6 10.4 10.5 (p)9.9  

Other Services(3)

47.5 46.4 46.1 46.3 (p)46.0  

12-month % change

3.9 3.3 0.2 1.1 (p)1.3  

Government(3)

104.7 112.3 113.5 114.4 (p)113.7  

12-month % change

1.3 0.6 0.6 0.9 (p)1.3  

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