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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	Jun 2025
Pittsburgh, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jun 2025
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jun 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jun 2025
Pittsburgh Area Employment – September 2022	Employment	News Release	Oct 2022
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — May 2025	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Jun 2025
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 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2025
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	Dec 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025	Mar 2025	Apr 2025	May 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	(2)1,216.4	1,218.0	1,224.4	1,232.3	(p)1,230.7
Employment(1)	(2)1,175.7	1,163.8	1,171.4	1,184.5	(p)1,187.9
Unemployment(1)	(2)40.7	54.2	53.0	47.8	(p)42.8
Unemployment Rate(3)	(2)3.3	4.5	4.3	3.9	(p)3.5
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)	1,212.3	1,186.3	1,192.7	1,201.7	1,215.5	(p)1,223.0
12-month % change	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.1	(p)1.2
Mining and Logging(4)	8.0	8.1	8.2	8.3	8.4	(p)8.4
12-month % change	-1.2	1.3	1.2	2.5	5.0	(p)5.0
Construction(4)	56.4	53.3	53.5	55.1	57.7	(p)58.9
12-month % change	-1.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	(p)-1.5
Manufacturing(4)	86.3	85.3	85.6	85.1	86.0	(p)85.2
12-month % change	-2.2	-2.3	-2.2	-3.4	-1.7	(p)-3.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)	217.9	210.5	209.1	209.0	209.2	(p)209.6
12-month % change	0.7	0.1	0.6	0.4	0.7	(p)-0.2
Information(4)	20.8	20.9	20.6	20.7	20.6	(p)20.6
12-month % change	-4.1	-1.9	-4.6	-4.6	-2.8	(p)-3.3
Financial Activities(4)	78.7	78.0	78.0	77.9	78.4	(p)78.6
12-month % change	2.5	-0.9	-1.1	-1.0	0.0	(p)0.4
Professional and Business Services(4)	186.4	183.4	184.7	186.4	188.9	(p)191.6
12-month % change	-1.1	-1.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	(p)1.4
Education and Health Services(4)	269.5	267.1	272.2	273.8	275.1	(p)272.4
12-month % change	3.2	3.0	3.3	3.6	3.7	(p)4.5
Leisure and Hospitality(4)	118.5	112.7	111.1	114.9	120.1	(p)127.2
12-month % change	0.9	0.5	-1.2	-1.4	0.8	(p)1.7
Other Services(4)	50.2	49.9	50.1	50.7	51.1	(p)51.1
12-month % change	1.8	2.5	2.5	2.8	3.0	(p)2.0
Government(4)	119.6	117.1	119.6	119.8	120.0	(p)119.4
12-month % change	1.8	1.5	1.6	1.4	1.2	(p)1.0
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary


Data Series	2nd Half 2016	1st Half 2017	2nd Half 2017
Consumer Price Index: Pittsburgh, PA
CPI-U, All items(1)	246.118	249.284	250.816
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(1)	1.7	2.6	1.9
CPI-W, All items(2)	237.729	240.702	242.278
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(2)	1.5	2.6	1.9
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.

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