Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Pittsburgh fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 6.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Pittsburgh peaked in February 2010 at 8.3% and is now 1.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 6.8% in May 2011, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Pittsburgh unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Pennsylvania	7.6%	-0.3	-0.9
Pittsburgh	6.9%	-0.3	-1.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Pittsburgh peaked in March 2010 at 99,985. There are now 14,528 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 82,810 in May 2011, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2,647. Pittsburgh employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Pittsburgh	85,457	-3,166	-10,777

Number of Unemployed Persons

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate	Pittsburgh Unemployment Rate	Pittsburgh Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.6%	6.9%	85,457
November 2011	8.7%	7.9%	7.2%	88,623
October 2011	8.9%	8.1%	7.3%	90,616
September 2011	9.0%	8.3%	7.6%	92,718
August 2011	9.1%	8.2%	7.5%	91,760
July 2011	9.1%	7.8%	7.2%	87,769
June 2011	9.1%	7.6%	7.0%	84,898
May 2011	9.0%	7.4%	6.8%	82,810
April 2011	9.0%	7.5%	6.9%	83,368
March 2011	8.9%	7.8%	7.1%	85,973
February 2011	9.0%	8.0%	7.4%	89,740
January 2011	9.1%	8.3%	7.7%	93,211