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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh

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 Jan 2026
Pittsburgh, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2026
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2026
Pittsburgh Area Employment – September 2022 Employment News Release Oct 2022
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — December 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2026
Consumer Price Index, Pittsburgh – Second Half 2017 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2018
Fatal Work Injuries in the Pittsburgh Area — 2018 Workplace fatalities News Release Jun 2020
Workplace Fatalities in Pittsburgh, PA – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages in Pittsburgh — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release May 2025
Unemployment in the Pittsburgh Area by County – June 2020 Unemployment News Release Aug 2020
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		 July
2025		 Aug
2025		 Sept
2025		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,245.1 1,236.8 1,228.2 (2)- (p)1,235.6  

Employment(1)

 1,189.9 1,179.8 1,179.8 (2)- (p)1,191.1  

Unemployment(1)

 55.1 57.1 48.5 (2)- (p)44.4  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 4.4 4.6 3.9 (2)- (p)3.6  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 1,224.8 1,218.2 1,222.3 1,229.2 1,229.6 (p)1,225.3

12-month % change

 1.9 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.3 (p)1.1

Mining and Logging(4)

 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.3 8.3 (p)8.4

12-month % change

 5.0 3.8 5.1 6.4 3.8 (p)5.0

Construction(4)

 61.3 60.9 60.2 58.8 57.8 (p)55.8

12-month % change

 -0.2 -0.3 0.3 -2.6 -0.5 (p)-1.1

Manufacturing(4)

 86.6 86.9 86.4 86.1 86.1 (p)86.5

12-month % change

 -2.1 -1.1 -1.1 -0.5 -0.3 (p)0.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 208.2 207.8 208.7 210.4 213.1 (p)215.9

12-month % change

 0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.4 -0.7 (p)-0.9

Information(4)

 21.2 21.2 20.8 20.8 20.6 (p)20.5

12-month % change

 0.5 0.0 -1.0 -0.5 -1.4 (p)-1.4

Financial Activities(4)

 80.7 80.2 80.0 80.3 80.6 (p)81.2

12-month % change

 1.6 1.0 2.2 2.8 2.8 (p)3.2

Professional and Business Services(4)

 192.7 191.3 190.5 192.9 192.2 (p)190.8

12-month % change

 2.2 2.1 1.7 2.7 2.6 (p)2.4

Education and Health Services(4)

 269.1 268.1 274.8 278.1 279.3 (p)278.7

12-month % change

 4.9 5.1 3.6 3.5 3.3 (p)3.4

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 130.1 129.8 123.2 124.3 120.8 (p)118.3

12-month % change

 2.5 1.6 0.7 2.8 1.9 (p)-0.2

Other Services(4)

 53.1 52.4 50.5 50.7 50.7 (p)50.6

12-month % change

 3.1 2.1 0.4 0.4 1.2 (p)0.8

Government(4)

 113.4 111.3 119.0 118.5 120.1 (p)118.6

12-month % change

 0.4 0.4 0.7 -1.3 -0.6 (p)-0.8

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary
Data Series Back
Data		 2nd Half
2016		 1st Half
2017		 2nd Half
2017

Consumer Price Index: Pittsburgh, PA

CPI-U, All items(1)

 246.118 249.284 250.816

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(1)

   1.7 2.6 1.9

CPI-W, All items(2)

 237.729 240.702 242.278

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(2)

   1.5 2.6 1.9

Footnotes
(1) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.