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Pittsburgh

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Pittsburgh Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Feb 2019
Pittsburgh, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Feb 2019
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Feb 2019
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019
Pittsburgh Area Employment – March 2018 Employment News Release May 2018
Consumer Price Index, Pittsburgh – Second Half 2017 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2018
Fatal Work Injuries in the Pittsburgh Area — 2016 Workplace fatalities News Release Jun 2018
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2019
Workplace Fatalities in Pittsburgh, PA – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages in Pittsburgh – May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Unemployment in the Pittsburgh Area by County – December 2018 Unemployment News Release Feb 2019
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
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2018

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,216.9 1,200.1 1,200.8 1,210.1 1,212.2 (p)1,209.5

Employment(1)

 1,163.2 1,147.6 1,155.7 1,164.3 1,167.6 (p)1,161.8

Unemployment(1)

 53.7 52.5 45.2 45.8 44.7 (p)47.7

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.4 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.7 (p)3.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,189.5 1,182.1 1,195.6 1,204.2 1,208.6 (p)1,203.5

12-month % change

 1.3 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.0 (p)0.8

Mining and Logging(3)

 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.7 (p)10.7

12-month % change

 3.9 3.9 3.9 5.0 4.9 (p)2.9

Construction(3)

 63.8 63.2 64.7 65.6 65.2 (p)61.6

12-month % change

 3.2 1.4 3.7 6.5 5.8 (p)3.0

Manufacturing(3)

 88.1 87.5 86.9 87.0 86.7 (p)86.3

12-month % change

 2.4 1.7 1.8 1.8 0.8 (p)0.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 207.1 206.3 210.5 212.0 216.5 (p)217.9

12-month % change

 -1.1 -1.4 -0.4 -1.0 -0.6 (p)-0.7

Information(3)

 19.0 19.0 18.7 18.8 18.6 (p)18.5

12-month % change

 1.6 -0.5 0.5 2.2 0.5 (p)-0.5

Financial Activities(3)

 72.9 72.8 71.4 71.4 72.0 (p)72.1

12-month % change

 -1.8 -1.6 -2.6 -1.9 -0.8 (p)-0.8

Professional and Business Services(3)

 185.2 184.9 186.8 186.9 187.0 (p)186.4

12-month % change

 1.1 0.9 2.2 2.1 2.0 (p)2.0

Education and Health Services(3)

 247.2 246.2 255.2 258.6 259.0 (p)255.8

12-month % change

 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.7 0.6 (p)0.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 131.2 130.5 122.7 123.8 121.9 (p)123.2

12-month % change

 4.9 3.0 0.7 1.6 2.2 (p)2.3

Other Services(3)

 54.2 52.0 51.2 51.8 51.9 (p)52.2

12-month % change

 2.8 -1.0 0.2 1.2 0.8 (p)1.2

Government(3)

 110.2 109.1 116.9 117.7 119.1 (p)118.8

12-month % change

 0.3 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 (p)1.3

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary