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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Pittsburgh fell 0.2 percentage points in November 2021 to 5.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Pittsburgh peaked in April 2020 at 17.1% and is now 11.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Pittsburgh unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
National 4.2% -0.4 -2.5
Pennsylvania 5.7% -0.3 -1.4
Pittsburgh 5.7% -0.2 -1.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2021 data as December 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 199,885. There are now 134,261 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Pittsburgh employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
Pittsburgh 65,624 -3,295 -17,913

Number of Unemployed Persons

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Pennsylvania
Unemployment Rate		 Pittsburgh
Unemployment Rate		 Pittsburgh
Unemployed
December
2021		 3.9% — — —
November
2021		 4.2% 5.7% 5.7% 65,624
October
2021		 4.6% 6.0% 5.9% 68,919
September
2021		 4.7% 6.2% 6.1% 70,852
August
2021		 5.2% 6.4% 6.2% 71,849
July
2021		 5.4% 6.5% 6.2% 72,045
June
2021		 5.9% 6.9% 6.3% 72,590
May
2021		 5.8% 7.0% 6.4% 73,809
April
2021		 6.0% 7.1% 7.5% 87,416
March
2021		 6.0% 7.3% 7.6% 88,890
February
2021		 6.2% 7.4% 7.6% 89,329
January
2021		 6.4% 7.3% 7.5% 88,189

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. ↩

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