Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Pittsburgh fell 0.2 percentage points in February 2019 to 3.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Pittsburgh peaked in February 2010 at 8.6% and is now 5.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Pittsburgh unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.2	-0.3
Pennsylvania	4.0%	-0.1	-0.5
Pittsburgh	3.6%	-0.2	-1.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2019 data as March 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 February 2010 at 102,600. There are now 58,240 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Pittsburgh employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Pittsburgh	44,360	-1,292	-12,880

Number of Unemployed Persons

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate	Pittsburgh Unemployment Rate	Pittsburgh Unemployed
March 2019	3.8%	3.9%	—	—
February 2019	3.8%	4.0%	3.6%	44,360
January 2019	4.0%	4.1%	3.8%	45,652
December 2018	3.9%	4.2%	4.2%	51,540
November 2018	3.7%	4.2%	4.2%	50,551
October 2018	3.8%	4.2%	4.2%	51,371
September 2018	3.7%	4.2%	4.2%	49,913
August 2018	3.8%	4.2%	4.0%	47,815
July 2018	3.9%	4.2%	4.0%	47,753
June 2018	4.0%	4.2%	4.1%	49,063
May 2018	3.8%	4.3%	3.9%	46,811
April 2018	3.9%	4.3%	4.5%	53,682