Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Pittsburgh rose 0.8 percentage points in January 2021 to 7.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Pittsburgh peaked in April 2020 at 17.0% and is now 9.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 6.7% in November 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.9 percentage points. You can also compare Pittsburgh unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
| Unemployment Rate | January 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 6.3% | -0.4 | +2.8 |
| Pennsylvania | 7.3% | +0.2 | +2.5 |
| Pittsburgh | 7.6% | +0.8 | +2.9 |
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 111,092 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 78,481 in November 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 11,356. Pittsburgh employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is also available.
| Unemployed Persons | January 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 89,837 | +10,999 | +32,816 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unemployment History
| Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate |
Pittsburgh Unemployment Rate |
Pittsburgh Unemployed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 |
6.0% | — | — | — |
| February 2021 |
6.2% | 7.3% | — | — |
| January 2021 |
6.3% | 7.3% | 7.6% | 89,837 |
| December 2020 |
6.7% | 7.1% | 6.8% | 78,838 |
| November 2020 |
6.7% | 7.1% | 6.7% | 78,481 |
| October 2020 |
6.9% | 7.0% | 7.3% | 85,874 |
| September 2020 |
7.8% | 7.1% | 8.3% | 98,186 |
| August 2020 |
8.4% | 10.2% | 10.6% | 123,072 |
| July 2020 |
10.2% | 13.0% | 12.8% | 149,658 |
| June 2020 |
11.1% | 13.3% | 12.8% | 149,453 |
| May 2020 |
13.3% | 13.5% | 13.9% | 166,423 |
| April 2020 |
14.8% | 16.2% | 17.0% | 200,929 |
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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