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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Pittsburgh fell 0.0 percentage points in January 2023 to 4.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Pittsburgh peaked in April 2020 at 16.7% and is now 12.7 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.0% in November 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Pittsburgh unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Pennsylvania 4.3% 0.0 -0.2
Pittsburgh 4.0% 0.0 -1.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, National

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Pittsburgh peaked in April 2020 at 194,455. There are now 146,651 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 47,663 in December 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 141. Pittsburgh employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is also available.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Pittsburgh 47,804 +141 -15,436

Number of Unemployed Persons

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Pennsylvania
Unemployment Rate
Pittsburgh
Unemployment Rate
Pittsburgh
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 4.3% 4.0% 47,804
December
2022
3.5% 4.3% 4.0% 47,663
November
2022
3.6% 4.4% 4.0% 47,770
October
2022
3.7% 4.4% 4.1% 48,517
September
2022
3.5% 4.3% 4.2% 49,937
August
2022
3.7% 4.3% 4.4% 51,525
July
2022
3.5% 4.3% 4.4% 52,007
June
2022
3.6% 4.3% 4.6% 53,527
May
2022
3.6% 4.3% 4.7% 54,763
April
2022
3.6% 4.3% 4.8% 56,547
March
2022
3.6% 4.4% 5.0% 57,854

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.