Allegheny County · Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, PA jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Pittsburgh, PA earn a median of $40,907 a year, 8% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 5.9% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 34.3% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $40,907#58 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 5.9%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 64.8%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 160,368Civilian employed, age 16+
What Pittsburgh does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance34.3%
- Professional, scientific & management14.5%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food10%
- Retail trade9.2%
- Finance, insurance & real estate8.2%
- Manufacturing5.2%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities4.5%
- Other services, except public administration4.2%
- Construction3.3%
- Public administration3.1%
- Information2%
- Wholesale trade1.4%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.3%
Related data for Pittsburgh
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.
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