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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Table

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
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 1,201.6 1,206.8 1,211.7 (p)1,204.4            

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 8.6 8.6 8.8 (p)8.9            

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 55.3 55.7 57.7 (p)58.0            

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

 86.9 86.4 87.1 87.5 88.0 88.4 (p)88.2            

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

 206.8 204.4 204.8 204.9 205.6 206.4 (p)203.3            

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 20.3 20.3 20.3 (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

 78.8 79.0 78.9 79.3 79.3 80.3 (p)80.7            

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

 183.0 182.3 183.4 186.8 187.4 186.2 (p)186.3            

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

 271.6 272.9 275.1 274.9 271.1 267.9 (p)267.2            

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

 113.4 111.5 113.7 117.5 123.5 128.8 (p)129.9            

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 49.3 49.6 50.9 (p)50.5            

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

 115.5 116.6 116.9 117.2 117.7 116.0 (p)111.2            

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

 1,219,701 1,219,252 1,223,758 1,223,626 1,223,560 1,233,028 1,239,512 1,236,029 1,226,525 (1)- 1,233,896 1,225,363 (2)1,227,660

2026

 1,226,031 1,223,732 1,234,758 1,239,455 1,248,128 1,254,508 (p)1,252,886            

Employment

2025

 1,163,309 1,163,379 1,173,439 1,178,960 1,177,119 1,179,544 1,182,293 1,175,137 1,176,582 (1)- 1,188,292 1,180,306 (2)1,176,215

2026

 1,172,872 1,167,033 1,185,107 1,195,672 1,201,208 1,207,259 (p)1,206,858            

Unemployment

2025

 56,392 55,873 50,319 44,666 46,441 53,484 57,219 60,892 49,943 (1)- 45,604 45,057 (2)51,445

2026

 53,159 56,699 49,651 43,783 46,920 47,249 (p)46,028            

Unemployment Rate

2025

 4.6 4.6 4.1 3.7 3.8 4.3 4.6 4.9 4.1 (1)- 3.7 3.7 (2)4.2

2026

 4.3 4.6 4.0 3.5 3.8 3.8 (p)3.7            

Footnotes
(1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(2) 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.