Growth in GDP
The Pittsburgh region’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased 3.7 percent and had the fourth-highest rate of growth from 2016 to 2017. Pittsburgh’s per capita real GDP was tied with Austin …
The Pittsburgh region’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased 3.7 percent and had the fourth-highest rate of growth from 2016 to 2017. Pittsburgh’s per capita real GDP was tied with Austin …
Metropolitan Pittsburgh’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 7.5 percent in March 2021 to 5.0 percent in March 2022. During that period, the number of people in the labor force …
The Pittsburgh region gained about 57,800 jobs between June 2020 and June 2021, a 7.2 percent increase over the year. This fell below the benchmark average of a 7.2 percent …
Median household income increased 2.03 percent to reach $59,710 a year in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area in 2018. Among the benchmark regions, Pittsburgh had the third-lowest median household income …
Average weekly wages in the 7-county Pittsburgh metropolitan area in the third quarter of 2019 were $1,073, a year-over-year percent increase of 3.5 percent. That percentage was below the benchmark …
The figures below reveal the wide disparity in average weekly wages that exists in the seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area. Allegheny County had the highest average weekly wages at $1,203 …
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The Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area’s unemployment rate — seasonally adjusted — decreased a total of 6.1 percentage points from June 2020 to June 2021 to 6.3 percent. Pittsburgh’s unemployment rate was …
The number of unemployed in the Pittsburgh MSA — seasonally adjusted — decreased by 23.1 percent in May 2018 compared to May 2017. The number of employed decreased by 0.2 …
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The Pittsburgh region continues to experience fewer bankruptcies than many of its benchmark peers. With 1,792 bankruptcies in the 2nd quarter of 2019, less than the benchmark average of 2,767, …
The Pittsburgh region lost 37,800 jobs between June 2016 and June 2021, a 3.2 percent decrease over five years. That percentage falls below the benchmark average of .7 percent decline.
Companies backed by venture capital play an important role in economic growth. Estimates attribute 16.6 percent of national Gross Domestic Product and 9 percent of national private sector employment to …
Pittsburgh’s average Composite Cost of Living Index for 2017 was 99.6, below the benchmark average of 108. Grocery costs in the Pittsburgh region were the highest Cost of Living component …
Because individuals and specific occupations can get lost in indicators like our data on average annual and average quarterly wage rates, we are publishing average annual wages from the Bureau …
Although Pittsburgh has trailed benchmark regions in average annual pay for many years, that gap is slowly narrowing. Average annual pay increased by 1.8 percent between 2012 and 2013, 2.8 …
The figures below reveal the wide disparity in average annual pay that exists in the 7-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Region. Allegheny County had the highest average annual pay in 2016 at …
Median household income increased 2.03 percent to reach $59,710 a year in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area in 2018. Among the benchmark regions, Pittsburgh had the second-lowest median household income …
The Pittsburgh region continues to experience dramatically fewer bankruptcies than its benchmark peers. With just 7,089 bankruptcies in 2017, Pittsburgh is lower than all benchmark regions except Charlotte, which had …
The U.S. Department of Commerce publishes information on exports for major Metropolitan Statistical Areas of the United States. Data for 2016 show an 12.8 percent decrease in exports from the …
Three regions (Denver, Minneapolis and St. Louis) outpaced Pittsburgh in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth between 2001 and 2008. However, many regions, including Pittsburgh, experienced a decline in GDP in …
All benchmark regions exhibited positive movement in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 2001 to 2008. However, in 2009, many of them, including Pittsburgh, experienced a decline in 2009, followed by …
The U.S. Department of Commerce publishes information on exports for major Metropolitan Statistical Areas of the United States. Data for 2015 show an 8.8 percent decrease in exports from the …
The U.S. Department of Commerce publishes information on exports for major Metropolitan Statistical Areas of the United States. Data for 2012 show a slight decrease in exports from the Pittsburgh …
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