Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Pittsburgh fell 3.3 percentage points in May 2020 to 13.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points higher than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Pittsburgh peaked in April 2020 at 17.0% and is now 3.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Pittsburgh unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
Pennsylvania	13.1%	-3.0	+8.9
Pittsburgh	13.7%	-3.3	+9.6

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2020 data as June 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 April 2020 at 200,929. There are now 38,317 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Pittsburgh employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Pittsburgh	162,612	-38,317	+112,693

Number of Unemployed Persons

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate	Pittsburgh Unemployment Rate	Pittsburgh Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	—	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	13.1%	13.7%	162,612
April 2020	14.7%	16.1%	17.0%	200,929
March 2020	4.4%	5.8%	5.9%	71,673
February 2020	3.5%	4.7%	4.7%	57,437
January 2020	3.6%	4.7%	4.7%	57,021
December 2019	3.5%	4.6%	4.8%	58,870
November 2019	3.5%	4.6%	4.7%	57,789
October 2019	3.6%	4.6%	4.6%	56,506
September 2019	3.5%	4.6%	4.5%	55,058
August 2019	3.7%	4.5%	4.4%	53,541
July 2019	3.7%	4.4%	4.3%	52,094