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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 Aug 2022
Pittsburgh, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2022
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Aug 2022
Pittsburgh Area Employment – February 2022 Employment News Release Apr 2022
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 2022
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
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,163.6 1,156.8 1,170.9 1,171.6 1,188.1 (p)1,189.6

Employment(1)

 1,096.5 1,097.3 1,116.5 1,122.3 1,140.0 (p)1,134.3

Unemployment(1)

 67.0 59.5 54.4 49.3 48.1 (p)55.3

Unemployment Rate(2)

 5.8 5.1 4.6 4.2 4.0 (p)4.6

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,103.8 1,110.2 1,123.4 1,141.5 1,151.0 (p)1,157.5

12-month % change

 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.9 3.0 (p)3.2

Mining and Logging(3)

 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.9 (p)9.0

12-month % change

 3.8 3.7 3.7 4.9 8.5 (p)9.8

Construction(3)

 52.9 52.0 54.8 59.6 60.8 (p)63.0

12-month % change

 -1.9 -1.3 -2.7 -1.2 -2.6 (p)-0.9

Manufacturing(3)

 79.6 81.5 81.7 83.0 83.1 (p)84.1

12-month % change

 0.6 3.0 2.9 5.5 5.1 (p)5.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 202.6 200.7 201.9 203.5 204.3 (p)201.9

12-month % change

 1.5 1.9 2.1 3.1 2.5 (p)0.8

Information(3)

 20.2 19.9 20.1 20.4 20.4 (p)20.7

12-month % change

 7.4 4.2 3.1 5.7 4.6 (p)4.0

Financial Activities(3)

 74.0 74.0 74.4 75.2 75.3 (p)75.3

12-month % change

 -0.4 -0.7 -0.4 0.8 0.4 (p)0.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

 176.3 177.3 179.3 183.7 183.1 (p)186.0

12-month % change

 1.0 0.8 1.6 2.2 1.4 (p)2.5

Education and Health Services(3)

 235.4 238.9 240.1 238.4 238.9 (p)236.1

12-month % change

 0.7 0.1 -0.2 -1.3 0.1 (p)1.4

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 99.9 99.5 103.0 109.8 117.7 (p)122.8

12-month % change

 22.1 18.0 16.9 16.9 18.1 (p)17.5

Other Services(3)

 45.3 46.1 46.8 46.7 47.0 (p)47.8

12-month % change

 6.6 8.2 8.1 6.6 6.3 (p)6.5

Government(3)

 109.3 111.9 112.8 112.6 111.5 (p)110.8

12-month % change

 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.4 (p)0.1

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