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
2024	1,179.6	1,186.0	1,194.9	1,201.8	1,208.3	1,208.1	1,202.3	1,197.4	1,207.1	1,212.9	1,213.6	1,212.3	1,202.0
2025	1,186.3	1,192.7	(p)1,202.7
Mining & Logging
2024	8.0	8.1	8.1	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	7.8	7.8	8.0	8.0	8.0
2025	8.1	8.2	(p)8.3
Construction
2024	53.3	53.6	55.2	57.8	59.8	60.9	61.4	61.1	60.0	60.4	58.1	56.4	58.2
2025	53.3	53.5	(p)55.3
Manufacturing
2024	87.3	87.5	88.1	87.5	87.8	88.4	88.5	87.9	87.4	86.5	86.4	86.3	87.5
2025	85.3	85.6	(p)85.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	210.3	207.9	208.2	207.8	210.0	208.8	207.5	207.6	209.2	211.3	214.7	217.9	210.1
2025	210.5	209.1	(p)209.5
Information
2024	21.3	21.6	21.7	21.2	21.3	21.4	21.1	21.2	21.0	20.9	20.9	20.8	21.2
2025	20.9	20.6	(p)20.8
Financial Activities
2024	78.7	78.9	78.7	78.4	78.3	79.2	79.4	79.4	78.3	78.1	78.4	78.7	78.7
2025	78.0	78.0	(p)78.0
Professional & Business Services
2024	185.2	185.7	186.6	188.4	189.0	188.7	188.6	187.3	187.4	187.8	187.3	186.4	187.4
2025	183.4	184.7	(p)186.4
Educational & Health Services
2024	259.3	263.6	264.4	265.4	260.7	256.6	256.5	255.0	265.2	268.6	270.4	269.5	262.9
2025	267.1	272.2	(p)274.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	112.1	112.5	116.5	119.1	125.1	128.2	126.9	127.7	122.3	120.9	118.5	118.5	120.7
2025	112.7	111.1	(p)114.8
Other Services
2024	48.7	48.9	49.3	49.6	50.1	50.9	51.5	51.3	50.3	50.5	50.1	50.2	50.1
2025	49.9	50.1	(p)50.8
Government
2024	115.4	117.7	118.1	118.6	118.2	117.0	112.9	110.9	118.2	120.1	120.8	119.6	117.3
2025	117.1	119.6	(p)119.8
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
2024	(1)1,237,957	(1)1,243,872	(1)1,246,866	(1)1,237,605	(1)1,241,638	(1)1,246,141	(1)1,254,717	(1)1,244,549	(1)1,230,362	(1)1,231,561	(1)1,220,858	(1)1,216,382	(1)1,237,709
2025	1,217,996	1,224,401	(p)1,232,801
Employment
2024	(1)1,189,993	(1)1,193,496	(1)1,201,843	(1)1,199,514	(1)1,200,948	(1)1,197,689	(1)1,201,937	(1)1,189,700	(1)1,191,920	(1)1,190,283	(1)1,181,118	(1)1,175,732	(1)1,192,848
2025	1,163,783	1,171,422	(p)1,184,933
Unemployment
2024	(1)47,964	(1)50,376	(1)45,023	(1)38,091	(1)40,690	(1)48,452	(1)52,780	(1)54,849	(1)38,442	(1)41,278	(1)39,740	(1)40,650	(1)44,861
2025	54,213	52,979	(p)47,868
Unemployment Rate
2024	(1)3.9	(1)4.0	(1)3.6	(1)3.1	(1)3.3	(1)3.9	(1)4.2	(1)4.4	(1)3.1	(1)3.4	(1)3.3	(1)3.3	(1)3.6
2025	4.5	4.3	(p)3.9
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary
The Pittsburgh, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties in Pennsylvania.