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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 Nov 2021
Pittsburgh, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2021
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2021
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2021
Pittsburgh Area Employment – September 2021 Employment News Release Nov 2021
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
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2021
Workplace Fatalities in Pittsburgh, PA – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages in Pittsburgh – May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2021
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		 May
2021		 June
2021		 July
2021		 Aug
2021		 Sept
2021		 Oct
2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,158.4 1,178.4 1,188.1 1,175.8 1,162.2 (p)1,161.1

Employment(1)

 1,092.9 1,104.9 1,109.1 1,099.7 1,100.1 (p)1,105.5

Unemployment(1)

 65.5 73.5 79.0 76.1 62.1 (p)55.6

Unemployment Rate(2)

 5.7 6.2 6.6 6.5 5.3 (p)4.8

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,122.0 1,131.0 1,126.7 1,124.0 1,128.3 (p)1,137.3

12-month % change

 10.4 5.7 5.0 3.8 2.7 (p)2.3

Mining and Logging(3)

 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.5 (p)7.4

12-month % change

 -14.4 -12.5 -10.6 -8.4 -8.5 (p)-5.1

Construction(3)

 65.2 66.7 66.8 67.7 66.6 (p)65.4

12-month % change

 25.9 16.0 14.2 12.3 10.1 (p)8.6

Manufacturing(3)

 78.4 79.3 80.0 80.4 79.9 (p)79.9

12-month % change

 0.0 -1.0 1.0 1.6 1.3 (p)0.6

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 197.4 199.1 194.9 194.0 195.0 (p)196.4

12-month % change

 11.9 6.9 2.4 1.4 -0.1 (p)-1.9

Information(3)

 18.3 18.7 19.1 19.0 19.2 (p)19.0

12-month % change

 8.3 9.4 9.8 7.3 7.3 (p)6.7

Financial Activities(3)

 73.5 75.2 75.4 75.8 74.7 (p)74.6

12-month % change

 -1.6 -0.3 -0.4 0.3 -0.8 (p)-0.5

Professional and Business Services(3)

 177.7 179.6 178.5 177.9 176.6 (p)178.7

12-month % change

 6.5 6.0 4.4 3.9 3.3 (p)3.4

Education and Health Services(3)

 248.3 245.5 245.4 245.9 249.9 (p)253.6

12-month % change

 4.9 2.2 1.9 1.4 0.8 (p)0.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 99.3 103.2 107.9 107.0 102.7 (p)104.0

12-month % change

 63.6 23.3 25.9 20.4 15.0 (p)14.9

Other Services(3)

 44.5 45.9 45.8 45.8 44.6 (p)45.8

12-month % change

 26.1 5.8 6.5 6.8 3.7 (p)6.8

Government(3)

 111.7 110.1 105.3 102.9 111.6 (p)112.5

12-month % change

 2.2 1.9 2.1 -1.8 0.3 (p)0.3

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