Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Pittsburgh fell 0.1 percentage points in March 2012 to 6.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Pittsburgh peaked in February 2010 at 8.3% and is now 1.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Pittsburgh unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
Pennsylvania	7.5%	-0.1	-0.4
Pittsburgh	6.7%	-0.1	-0.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April 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 16,820 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 355. Pittsburgh employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Pittsburgh	83,165	-23	-2,808

Number of Unemployed Persons

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate	Pittsburgh Unemployment Rate	Pittsburgh Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	7.4%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	7.5%	6.7%	83,165
February 2012	8.3%	7.6%	6.8%	83,188
January 2012	8.3%	7.6%	6.8%	84,128
December 2011	8.5%	7.7%	6.9%	85,457
November 2011	8.7%	7.8%	7.2%	88,623
October 2011	8.9%	7.9%	7.3%	90,616
September 2011	9.0%	8.0%	7.6%	92,718
August 2011	9.1%	8.1%	7.5%	91,760
July 2011	9.1%	8.1%	7.2%	87,769
June 2011	9.1%	8.0%	7.0%	84,898
May 2011	9.0%	8.0%	6.8%	82,810
April 2011	9.0%	7.9%	6.9%	83,368