The cost of living has increased in the region since 2011, but so has family income. And despite rising costs, southwestern Pennsylvania continues to rank as one of the least expensive places to live overall among the 16 Pittsburgh Today benchmark regions. More
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Sustainability Watch: Cost of Living
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Working Women
Women account for a larger share of the southwestern Pennsylvania labor force than the national average—the result of a decades-long upward trend in a region where women had historically been slow to enter the workforce. But despite their increasing numbers, the quality of the jobs they hold and their earnings generally fall below those of... More
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Despite Lull, Pittsburgh Poised To Grow Faster
Greater Pittsburgh’s economy is in a precarious situation to start 2017. The seven-county region’s unemployment rate rose sharply through the second half of 2015, nearing 6 percent—a level not seen since 2014 when the recovery was just gaining real momentum. Prior to the 2008–09 recession, Pittsburgh’s unemployment rate mirrored national trends for 20 years. So... More
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Unemployment Trends in Pittsburgh
Southwestern Pennsylvania’s economy suffered less during the last recession than most regions and one key reason was that unemployment was relatively stable when other places were reeling with more widespread joblessness. More
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Local Household Income Rises
Household income rose in southwestern Pennsylvania last year, but regional gains fell short of the record increase seen across the nation, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. More
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Regional Wages Fall
The average weekly wage plummeted in southwestern Pennsylvania during the first quarter of the year driven by steep reductions in management pay, a weakened energy industry and other factors. More
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The Right Thing To Do
For the next 10 to 12 years, The Pittsburgh Foundation will re-organize its grantmaking around a new operating principle, 100 Percent Pittsburgh. More
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Moderate Growth in Store for Metro Pittsburgh in 2016
Southwestern Pennsylvania is a picture of stability entering 2016, according to PNC Financial Services Group's chief economist Stuart Hoffman. Job growth is outpacing the Pennsylvania state average, and the unemployment rate for the seven-county region is steady near 5 percent. Read Hoffman's forecast. More
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The Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey
The Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey asked southwestern Pennsylvania residents for their views on diversity in the workplace, region and their neighborhood. More