Mid-Atlantic Information Office

FONT SIZE:

Pittsburgh, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

For Printing: Use smallest text size, landscape orientation, and narrow margins (0.5 inch or less)

Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Pittsburgh, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2008	1,125.9	1,128.0	1,135.5	1,150.5	1,162.6	1,166.6	1,152.6	1,150.0	1,156.8	1,160.2	1,154.0	1,146.1	1,149.1
2009	1,116.5	1,110.3	(P) 1,115.3
Mining & Logging
2008	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.4	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.3
2009	5.5	5.4	(P) 5.2
Construction
2008	50.6	49.2	51.6	56.7	59.4	60.5	60.9	61.3	61.1	61.2	58.8	55.6	57.2
2009	49.9	48.3	(P) 49.9
Manufacturing
2008	98.6	98.4	98.7	98.6	99.0	99.5	99.5	99.4	98.7	98.0	97.5	96.7	98.6
2009	95.4	92.7	(P) 91.3
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2008	223.6	220.0	220.9	221.3	223.7	223.7	220.3	219.8	221.4	221.7	223.0	224.5	222.0
2009	218.1	214.6	(P) 215.7
Information
2008	21.3	21.2	21.1	21.3	21.5	21.4	20.9	20.7	20.4	20.3	20.2	20.3	20.9
2009	20.1	20.0	(P) 20.0
Financial Activities
2008	66.8	67.1	67.5	67.7	68.2	68.8	68.7	68.7	67.4	67.2	67.4	67.4	67.7
2009	66.6	66.5	(P) 66.4
Professional & Business Services
2008	156.2	156.8	157.2	160.7	161.4	163.2	163.5	163.3	161.6	161.9	161.1	159.6	160.5
2009	155.9	154.2	(P) 154.6
Educational & Health Services
2008	226.3	229.9	230.1	230.9	229.3	227.4	226.5	225.8	231.1	234.4	235.9	235.5	230.3
2009	232.0	234.9	(P) 235.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2008	100.0	99.9	102.0	106.4	113.4	116.4	115.1	115.5	110.9	107.7	102.3	99.8	107.5
2009	95.4	94.5	(P) 96.7
Other Services
2008	52.1	51.8	52.1	52.7	53.2	53.7	53.6	53.0	52.4	52.4	52.2	52.2	52.6
2009	51.5	51.4	(P) 51.7
Government
2008	125.4	128.7	129.3	129.1	128.3	126.6	118.3	117.1	126.4	129.9	130.1	129.1	126.5
2009	126.1	127.8	(P) 128.3
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Pittsburgh, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2008	(1) 1,201,802	(1) 1,190,998	(1) 1,198,509	(1) 1,202,050	(1) 1,215,772	(1) 1,232,614	(1) 1,242,334	(1) 1,237,674	(1) 1,222,074	(1) 1,226,668	(1) 1,223,656	(1) 1,221,315	(1) 1,217,955
2009	1,218,836	1,210,972	(P) 1,212,698
Employment
2008	(1) 1,137,242	(1) 1,127,795	(1) 1,137,448	(1) 1,151,191	(1) 1,158,902	(1) 1,169,423	(1) 1,176,895	(1) 1,171,214	(1) 1,163,194	(1) 1,165,829	(1) 1,157,496	(1) 1,148,018	(1) 1,155,387
2009	1,130,017	1,119,338	(P) 1,121,040
Unemployment
2008	(1) 64,560	(1) 63,203	(1) 61,061	(1) 50,859	(1) 56,870	(1) 63,191	(1) 65,439	(1) 66,460	(1) 58,880	(1) 60,839	(1) 66,160	(1) 73,297	(1) 62,568
2009	88,819	91,634	(P) 91,658
Unemployment Rate
2008	(1) 5.4	(1) 5.3	(1) 5.1	(1) 4.2	(1) 4.7	(1) 5.1	(1) 5.3	(1) 5.4	(1) 4.8	(1) 5.0	(1) 5.4	(1) 6.0	(1) 5.1
2009	7.3	7.6	(P) 7.6
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls. (P) Preliminary
The Pittsburgh, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties in Pennsylvania.