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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 Dec 2024
Pittsburgh, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2024
Pittsburgh Area Employment – September 2022 Employment News Release Oct 2022
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – November 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Dec 2024
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
Workplace Fatalities in Pittsburgh, PA – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages in Pittsburgh — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release May 2024
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)

 1,198.3 1,200.8 1,212.6 1,190.8 1,177.3 (p)1,176.8

Employment(1)

 1,160.2 1,155.8 1,164.7 1,141.0 1,142.5 (p)1,138.3

Unemployment(1)

 38.1 45.0 47.9 49.8 34.7 (p)38.5

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.2 3.7 4.0 4.2 2.9 (p)3.3

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,181.4 1,191.4 1,189.5 1,185.1 1,187.2 (p)1,192.2

12-month % change

 1.5 2.0 2.3 2.2 1.6 (p)1.6

Mining and Logging(3)

 8.4 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.4 (p)8.3

12-month % change

 1.2 1.2 3.7 6.3 6.3 (p)6.4

Construction(3)

 56.4 57.9 58.8 59.2 58.0 (p)58.2

12-month % change

 -2.9 -2.0 -2.0 -0.7 -1.7 (p)-1.0

Manufacturing(3)

 85.6 86.1 86.9 86.3 86.1 (p)85.3

12-month % change

 1.4 1.1 2.1 1.6 2.3 (p)1.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 206.2 205.6 205.3 204.5 204.8 (p)207.0

12-month % change

 0.8 0.8 1.5 1.3 0.8 (p)1.1

Information(3)

 21.5 21.3 21.6 21.6 21.4 (p)21.4

12-month % change

 -0.5 -2.7 -0.5 0.9 0.5 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

 74.1 75.2 75.5 75.4 74.6 (p)74.5

12-month % change

 2.5 1.9 1.9 2.2 1.8 (p)1.6

Professional and Business Services(3)

 187.1 189.6 189.2 188.3 188.2 (p)187.5

12-month % change

 -1.6 -0.5 -0.8 -0.8 -0.9 (p)-1.1

Education and Health Services(3)

 256.2 254.1 253.4 252.8 259.6 (p)263.2

12-month % change

 4.4 5.5 5.1 4.9 3.6 (p)3.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 123.0 130.0 130.7 130.5 123.5 (p)122.0

12-month % change

 3.5 5.4 6.9 6.4 4.6 (p)3.7

Other Services(3)

 48.8 50.0 50.3 50.1 48.8 (p)49.2

12-month % change

 2.1 3.1 2.9 3.3 2.5 (p)3.4

Government(3)

 114.1 113.3 109.4 107.9 113.8 (p)115.6

12-month % change

 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.0 0.2 (p)1.1

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