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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
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Mar 2020
Pittsburgh, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2020
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2020
Pittsburgh Area Employment – March 2019 Employment News Release Apr 2019
Consumer Price Index, Pittsburgh – Second Half 2017 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2018
Fatal Work Injuries in the Pittsburgh Area — 2017 Workplace fatalities News Release Jul 2019
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2020
Workplace Fatalities in Pittsburgh, PA – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages in Pittsburgh – May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2019
Unemployment in the Pittsburgh Area by County – December 2019 Unemployment News Release Feb 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		 Sept
2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Jan
2020		 Feb
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,212.9 1,223.4 1,218.3 (p)1,217.6 (p)1,216.0  

Employment(1)

 1,166.6 1,171.1 1,166.4 (p)1,161.8 (p)1,152.7  

Unemployment(1)

 46.3 52.3 52.0 (p)55.8 (p)63.3  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.8 4.3 4.3 (p)4.6 (p)5.2  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,201.0 1,206.7 1,208.2 1,204.0 1,176.3 (p)1,183.1

12-month % change

 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 (p)0.7

Mining and Logging(3)

 11.5 11.7 11.8 11.7 11.3 (p)11.3

12-month % change

 0.9 -0.8 0.9 -0.8 -3.4 (p)-5.8

Construction(3)

 67.4 67.2 64.9 61.6 58.4 (p)58.9

12-month % change

 6.5 5.8 5.7 4.4 5.2 (p)7.3

Manufacturing(3)

 86.7 85.7 87.5 88.0 87.0 (p)86.6

12-month % change

 -0.2 -1.4 0.1 0.3 0.0 (p)-0.5

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 206.1 207.2 210.0 212.5 205.0 (p)202.5

12-month % change

 -1.4 -1.3 -2.5 -2.0 -2.4 (p)-1.7

Information(3)

 19.6 19.6 19.5 19.6 19.3 (p)19.3

12-month % change

 1.0 0.0 -0.5 1.6 2.1 (p)1.0

Financial Activities(3)

 76.5 76.3 76.3 76.4 76.6 (p)77.5

12-month % change

 1.9 1.2 0.9 1.3 1.2 (p)2.4

Professional and Business Services(3)

 184.9 186.4 185.3 185.5 182.4 (p)183.1

12-month % change

 1.5 1.9 1.6 2.5 1.7 (p)1.7

Education and Health Services(3)

 260.2 262.4 263.3 261.3 256.3 (p)260.2

12-month % change

 0.9 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.7 (p)-0.8

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 122.4 123.1 121.6 121.4 118.2 (p)117.9

12-month % change

 1.2 2.4 4.0 3.3 4.4 (p)3.7

Other Services(3)

 49.3 49.1 48.9 48.7 48.4 (p)47.8

12-month % change

 -0.8 -1.4 -1.0 -1.0 -0.8 (p)-1.6

Government(3)

 116.4 118.0 119.1 117.3 113.4 (p)118.0

12-month % change

 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.9 (p)1.7

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