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Unemployed people in Pittsburgh, PA

Unemployed people in Pittsburgh, PA was 5,894 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 16% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 25 cities in 2025.

2025, persons5,894
Change on 2024+16%
Rank2nd of 25Cities in Pennsylvania ranked
Series high14,6322020
Series low5,0802024

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Unemployed people in Pittsburgh, PA, 1990 to 2025

4,0006,0008,00010K12K14K16K19901996200220082014202020251990: 8,056 persons1991: 9,063 persons1992: 10,942 persons1993: 11,182 persons1994: 11,009 persons1995: 10,067 persons1996: 9,128 persons1997: 8,241 persons1998: 7,165 persons1999: 7,167 persons2000: 7,144 persons2001: 7,494 persons2002: 8,875 persons2003: 9,079 persons2004: 8,832 persons2005: 8,114 persons2006: 7,425 persons2007: 7,134 persons2008: 8,118 persons2009: 10,836 persons2010: 12,001 persons2011: 11,504 persons2012: 11,415 persons2013: 10,323 persons2014: 9,089 persons2015: 8,485 persons2016: 8,310 persons2017: 7,852 persons2018: 6,749 persons2019: 6,684 persons2020: 14,632 persons2021: 8,903 persons2022: 5,948 persons2023: 5,241 persons2024: 5,080 persons2025: 5,894 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
20255,894
20245,080
20235,241
20225,948
20218,903
202014,632
20196,684
20186,749
20177,852
20168,310
20158,485
20149,089
201310,323
201211,415
201111,504
201012,001
200910,836
20088,118
20077,134
20067,425
20058,114
20048,832
20039,079
20028,875
20017,494
20007,144
19997,167
19987,165
19978,241
19969,128
199510,067
199411,009
199311,182
199210,942
19919,063
19908,056

Rankings

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Pittsburgh, PA, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Pittsburgh, PA, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/pittsburgh-pa. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Pittsburgh, PA, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/pittsburgh-pa.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Pittsburgh, PA, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/pittsburgh-pa (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the unemployed people in Pittsburgh, PA?

Unemployed people in Pittsburgh, PA was 5,894 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 16% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 25 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Pittsburgh, PA?

14,632 in 2020, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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