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Did you know that our region ranks 1st nationally in major league sports appreciation? Read about it.

We now publish 3 interactive charts with hourly readings from the 4 major rivers. Read about it.

Have you seen our Economy indicators on Hotel Occupancy? Read about it.

The local economy is less dependent on Tourism than other benchmark regions. Read about it.

Farewell to a friend: remembering John G. Craig Jr. Read about it.

The Regional Indicator welcomes Doug Heuck as our new Program Director. Read about it.

Check out real-time water quality readings thanks to our friends at 3Rain.org. Read about it.

For the first time in decades, domestic in-migration in the region exceeded out-migration! Read about it.

Despite recession, the regional labor force shows continued growth, contributing to a high unemployment rate. Read about it.

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Pittsburgh ranks third in the number of LEED-certified buildings. Read about it.

A reasonably effective way to evaluate overall health status is to simply ask. Read about it.

A Little Good News, At Last. Read about it.

Did you know that 45,000 jobs in SW PA are dependent upon the waterway transportation system? Read about it.

Our neighbors in Ohio and West Virginia lead the region in classical music attendance. Read about it.

Pittsburgh trails Baltimore, St. Louis and Denver in number of cultural institutions. Read about it.

Educational and Health Services is Pittsburgh’s largest job sector. Read about it.

Pittsburgh’s unemployment rate lower than all benchmark regions for a fourth month in a row. Read about it.

Registered nurses pay is low in Pittsburgh by national standards. Read about it.

Pittsburgh last among benchmark regions in startup firms. Read about it.

No benchmark region has as high a high school graduation rate as Pittsburgh. Read about it.

A bad air day in Pittsburgh is still bad. Read about it.

Local spending on schools is low by benchmark standards. Read about it.

Rush hour traffic in Pittsburgh is less congested than in most cities? Read about it.

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Economy

Manufacturing, while still important, is not the dominate regional reality of 30 years ago. Jobs in health, higher education, business services and technology-based enterprises now dominate the regional economy. Twelve indicators are organized in four clusters: Jobs and Employment, Wages and Cost of Living, Business Vitality and Entrepreneurial Environment, General Business Conditions and Comparative Measures of Success.

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Pittsburgh-region Employment Rolls


Economic forecasts from the Workforce Development board show how many jobs are expected in the Pittsburgh region from now until 2035.

Foodstamps across the region


Take a look at 2008 Food Stamp Utilization levels across the United States. Data are available for mapping projects by race and percent of children using food assistance.

Explore: Jobs and Employment


Employment is the centerpiece of measurements on the regional economy. The data here clearly indicate that the national recession has had a harmful effect on the region, despite the fact that other benchmark regions have suffered from even more dramatic contraction.

Explore: Wages and Cost of Living


There are significant differences in the pay levels within the region's 22 counties. Average weekly wages and annual pay in the Pittsburgh region are lower than those in two thirds of the benchmark regions. There are also significant differences between the pay levels in the Pittsburgh region for high growth job categories that are tracked for the Regional Indicator by the Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board.

Explore: Business Vitality


A great deal of attention has been given in recent years to building new businesses in the Pittsburgh region using the major research activities of the principal universities as a spring board. The data on Venture Capital Activity are evidence of this. Pittsburgh has also been strong in keeping its new firms going. The downside is that new business formation in the Pittsburgh region has been very modest by national and benchmark standards.