• Growth in GDP


    Economy / Gross Domestic Product

    Pittsburgh’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased 0.1 percent and had the second-smallest rate of growth from 2015 to 2016. Pittsburgh’s per capita real GDP saw the third-smallest year-over-year growth of all benchmark regions at 0.5 percent. More


  • GDP – Annual Percent Change


    Economy / Gross Domestic Product

    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 2009 followed by a sharp increase in 2010 and further growth in 2011. In 2015, Pittsburgh’s GDP growth accelerated to 3.3 percent from 0.4 percent... More


  • GDP – Annual Trend


    Economy / Gross Domestic Product

    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 a steady increase from 2009 to 2015. GDP by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is released annually by the Bureau of Economic Analysis at the U.S.... More