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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	(p)1,186.5
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	(p)8.4
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	(p)53.0
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	(p)86.9
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	(p)207.1
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	(p)20.2
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	(p)79.0
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	(p)182.3
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	(p)271.6
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	(p)113.5
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	(p)48.9
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	(p)115.6
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	1,217,996	1,224,401	1,232,304	1,231,265	1,227,611	1,236,224	1,245,079	1,236,842	1,228,231	(1)-	1,236,193	(p)1,229,806
2026	(p)1,225,542
Employment
2025	1,163,783	1,171,422	1,184,467	1,188,435	1,183,352	1,184,116	1,189,943	1,179,755	1,179,761	(1)-	1,191,596	(p)1,185,172
2026	(p)1,172,415
Unemployment
2025	54,213	52,979	47,837	42,830	44,259	52,108	55,136	57,087	48,470	(1)-	44,597	(p)44,634
2026	(p)53,127
Unemployment Rate
2025	4.5	4.3	3.9	3.5	3.6	4.2	4.4	4.6	3.9	(1)-	3.6	(p)3.6
2026	(p)4.3
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary
The Pittsburgh, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties in Pennsylvania.