The majority of industries added jobs in Pittsburgh during March as the city's unemployment rate declined.
During March, Pittsburgh's unemployment rate decreased from 9.6 percent to 8.9 percent, following an increase from 8.9 percent during February. That decrease keeps the city's rate lower than the national average of 9.7 percent.
Pittsburgh had a total non-farm employment of 1,100,100 workers during March, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 1,090,400 workers during February, but a 1.3 percent decrease from last year.
A total of nine industries saw a monthly increase in employment during March, including:
- Mining and logging by 100 jobs
- Construction by 2,900 jobs
- Manufacturing by 400 jobs
- Trade, transportation and utilities by 1,300 jobs
- Professional and business services by 1,300 jobs
- Education and health services by 500 jobs
- Leisure and hospitality by 2,400 jobs
- Other services by 300 jobs
- Government by 1,100 jobs
However, only two industries saw a yearly increase in employment, mining and logging industry growing the most. The industry's workforce increased by 3.8 percent from March 2009 to March 2010. The education and health services industry saw its workforce increase by 1.1 percent during the 12-month period.
Employment in the leisure and hospitality industry remained even over the year with 100,700 jobs. Despite adding thousands of jobs over the month, the construction industry took the biggest hit when compared to last year, losing 7.5 percent of its workforce between March 2009 and March 2010.
Other industries that saw an over-the-year decrease in employment during March include:
- Manufacturing by 6.4 percent
- Trade, transportation and utilities by .8 percent
- Information by 3.5 percent
- Financial activities by 1.2 percent
- Professional and business services by 2.2 percent
- Other services by .8 percent
- Government by .2 percent
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