The Pittsburgh region gained 14,800 jobs between July 2017 and July 2018, a 1.4 percent increase over the year. That percentage falls below the benchmark average of 2.3 percent growth. More
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Five-Year Job Growth
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Number of Companies
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 them. Many technology-oriented startup firms will need venture capital in order to successfully grow and create significant numbers of new jobs. The number of companies... More
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Cost of Living Index
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 at 110.8. Health care costs in Pittsburgh were the third-lowest among all benchmark regions at 94.1. The health care component component is based on the costs of various doctor... More
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Wages by Occupation
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 of Labor Statistics for specific occupations in 25 categories. Local pay is tracked against comparables in 16 benchmark cities. Occupations where Pittsburgh ranked above benchmark... More
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Average Annual Pay – Benchmark Regions
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 percent between 2013 and 2014 and 4 percent between 2014 and 2015. However, Pittsburgh’s average annual pay between 2015 and 2016 decreased 0.4 percent from... More
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Average Annual Pay – Pittsburgh Region Counties
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 $57,347, while Fayette County had the lowest average annual pay at $37,023. More
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Median Household Income by Race & Ethnicity
Median household income increased 3.7 percent to reach $56,063 a year in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area in 2016. Among the benchmark regions, Pittsburgh had the second-lowest median household income above only Cleveland. Median household income is a measure of standard of living. Examining the median household income over time can help us measure the purchasing power... More
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Annual Bankruptcy Filings
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 4,216 total bankruptcies. More
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Total Exports
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 Pittsburgh region compared to total exports from in 2015. Coal, steel and chemicals are the Pittsburgh region’s three principal export products. To view export data... More