Pittsburgh, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Pittsburgh, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Pittsburgh, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2025	1,182.8	1,186.8	1,196.8	1,207.2	1,213.4	1,212.5	1,204.6	1,202.4	1,210.0	1,215.8	1,214.7	1,210.6	1,204.8
2026	1,186.2	1,182.5	1,190.8	(p)1,202.0
Mining & Logging
2025	7.9	8.0	8.3	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.5	8.4	8.3	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.3
2026	8.4	8.3	8.4	(p)8.6
Construction
2025	51.9	52.6	55.2	57.9	60.3	61.3	61.8	61.8	61.4	60.1	58.0	56.0	58.2
2026	52.7	51.7	53.5	(p)55.3
Manufacturing
2025	87.1	87.2	87.5	87.4	87.6	88.2	88.4	87.9	87.3	86.9	86.7	87.1	87.4
2026	86.9	86.4	87.1	(p)87.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	208.9	206.9	207.4	206.8	208.0	206.8	205.2	204.9	205.9	208.6	211.3	214.4	207.9
2026	206.8	204.4	204.8	(p)204.2
Information
2025	20.9	20.8	20.8	20.8	21.1	21.7	21.4	21.3	20.8	20.8	20.6	20.6	21.0
2026	20.2	20.3	20.4	(p)20.3
Financial Activities
2025	78.0	78.1	78.0	77.8	78.1	79.1	79.3	79.2	78.3	78.4	78.8	79.7	78.6
2026	78.8	79.0	78.9	(p)79.2
Professional & Business Services
2025	182.4	182.7	183.9	187.2	187.8	187.1	187.6	186.3	186.7	189.6	188.4	186.4	186.3
2026	183.0	182.3	183.4	(p)187.9
Educational & Health Services
2025	266.7	271.3	271.5	271.7	266.2	261.4	260.0	261.1	270.5	272.6	274.5	273.8	268.4
2026	271.6	272.9	275.1	(p)275.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	113.4	112.3	116.4	120.6	126.8	129.2	127.7	128.4	123.1	122.5	119.6	117.0	121.4
2026	113.4	111.5	113.7	(p)117.3
Other Services
2025	49.1	49.0	49.3	49.6	50.1	50.7	50.8	50.4	49.8	49.8	49.5	49.6	49.8
2026	48.9	49.1	48.6	(p)49.5
Government
2025	116.5	117.9	118.5	119.0	119.0	118.6	113.9	112.7	117.9	118.1	118.9	117.6	117.4
2026	115.5	116.6	116.9	(p)117.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Pittsburgh, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2025	(1)1,219,701	(1)1,219,252	(1)1,223,758	(1)1,223,626	(1)1,223,560	(1)1,233,028	(1)1,239,512	(1)1,236,029	(1)1,226,525	(2)-	(1)1,233,896	(1)1,225,363	(1)(3)1,227,660
2026	1,226,031	1,223,732	(p)1,233,937
Employment
2025	(1)1,163,309	(1)1,163,379	(1)1,173,439	(1)1,178,960	(1)1,177,119	(1)1,179,544	(1)1,182,293	(1)1,175,137	(1)1,176,582	(2)-	(1)1,188,292	(1)1,180,306	(1)(3)1,176,215
2026	1,172,872	1,167,033	(p)1,184,307
Unemployment
2025	(1)56,392	(1)55,873	(1)50,319	(1)44,666	(1)46,441	(1)53,484	(1)57,219	(1)60,892	(1)49,943	(2)-	(1)45,604	(1)45,057	(1)(3)51,445
2026	53,159	56,699	(p)49,630
Unemployment Rate
2025	(1)4.6	(1)4.6	(1)4.1	(1)3.7	(1)3.8	(1)4.3	(1)4.6	(1)4.9	(1)4.1	(2)-	(1)3.7	(1)3.7	(1)(3)4.2
2026	4.3	4.6	(p)4.0
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary
The Pittsburgh, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties in Pennsylvania.