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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 Sep 2017
Pittsburgh, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2017
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2017
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2017
Pittsburgh Area Employment – March 2017 Employment News Release May 2017
Consumer Price Index, Pittsburgh – First Half 2017 Consumer price indexes News Release Jul 2017
Fatal Work Injuries in the Pittsburgh Area — 2015 Workplace fatalities News Release Apr 2017
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2017
Workplace Fatalities in Pittsburgh, PA – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages in Pittsburgh – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release May 2017
Unemployment in the Pittsburgh Area by County – June 2017 Unemployment News Release Aug 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Pennsylvania’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2015 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2016

Pittsburgh, PA Economy at a Glance:

Pittsburgh, PA
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Data		 Mar
2017		 Apr
2017		 May
2017		 June
2017		 July
2017		 Aug
2017

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,204.8 1,209.7 1,214.1 1,218.9 (p)1,222.4  

Employment(1)

 1,139.9 1,151.4 1,149.8 1,154.5 (p)1,156.1  

Unemployment(1)

 64.9 58.3 64.3 64.5 (p)66.3  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 5.4 4.8 5.3 5.3 (p)5.4  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,159.2 1,173.8 1,180.3 1,181.7 1,176.3 (p)1,169.7

12-month % change

 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 (p)0.9

Mining and Logging(3)

 7.8 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.1 (p)8.1

12-month % change

 -14.3 -11.4 -9.2 -5.8 -3.6 (p)-3.6

Construction(3)

 47.4 52.3 54.2 56.4 58.2 (p)58.4

12-month % change

 -6.3 -5.3 -4.4 -1.6 0.7 (p)1.9

Manufacturing(3)

 83.5 83.2 83.3 83.5 83.5 (p)83.0

12-month % change

 -2.6 -2.7 -2.6 -2.9 -2.9 (p)-3.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 212.7 214.2 217.2 214.7 214.4 (p)211.0

12-month % change

 0.6 0.7 1.2 0.4 1.2 (p)-0.1

Information(3)

 18.4 18.4 18.6 19.1 18.7 (p)18.6

12-month % change

 3.4 1.1 9.4 2.1 0.5 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

 71.7 71.4 71.4 72.5 73.4 (p)72.9

12-month % change

 2.3 1.6 0.8 1.5 2.4 (p)1.5

Professional and Business Services(3)

 181.8 185.9 187.5 187.1 186.9 (p)186.8

12-month % change

 1.1 1.5 2.5 1.8 1.6 (p)1.7

Education and Health Services(3)

 248.6 249.3 244.3 241.4 240.5 (p)240.3

12-month % change

 1.8 1.2 0.8 1.6 1.3 (p)1.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 118.0 121.7 126.8 131.1 131.7 (p)130.9

12-month % change

 4.8 4.1 3.7 4.9 5.2 (p)4.1

Other Services(3)

 51.1 51.9 52.1 52.9 52.5 (p)52.8

12-month % change

 0.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.0 (p)1.7

Government(3)

 118.2 117.7 117.0 114.9 108.4 (p)106.9

12-month % change

 -0.5 -0.9 -1.7 -0.9 -1.5 (p)-1.4

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
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Data		 1st Half
2016		 2nd Half
2016		 1st Half
2017

Consumer Price Index: Pittsburgh, PA

CPI-U, All items(1)

 243.000 246.118 249.284

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

   1.6 1.7 2.6

CPI-W, All items(2)

 234.491 237.729 240.702

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

   1.1 1.5 2.6

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.