Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Pittsburgh fell 0.0 percentage points in July 2019 to 3.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Pittsburgh peaked in February 2010 at 8.4% and is now 4.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.8% in April 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Pittsburgh unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.2
Pennsylvania	3.9%	+0.1	-0.3
Pittsburgh	3.8%	0.0	-0.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with July 2019 data as August 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 100,395. There are now 54,503 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 45,478 in June 2019, the number of unemployed has now grown by 414. Pittsburgh employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Pittsburgh	45,892	+414	-4,225

Number of Unemployed Persons

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate	Pittsburgh Unemployment Rate	Pittsburgh Unemployed
September 2019	3.5%	—	—	—
August 2019	3.7%	3.9%	—	—
July 2019	3.7%	3.9%	3.8%	45,892
June 2019	3.7%	3.8%	3.8%	45,478
May 2019	3.6%	3.8%	3.8%	45,896
April 2019	3.6%	3.8%	3.8%	45,985
March 2019	3.8%	3.9%	3.9%	46,954
February 2019	3.8%	4.0%	4.0%	47,885
January 2019	4.0%	4.1%	4.0%	48,921
December 2018	3.9%	4.2%	4.2%	50,092
November 2018	3.7%	4.2%	4.2%	50,083
October 2018	3.8%	4.2%	4.1%	49,983