Annual Venture Capital Trends

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 …

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Total Investments

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 …

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Energy Employment

The Economy Committee is developing new energy indicators, beginning with employment, establishments, wages, and coal production. There is no energy industry classification, and there are different definitions of the energy …

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Annual Employment, Unemployment, and Labor Force Totals

Annual Unemployment Rate

Percent Change in Jobs by Sector and Year

Annual rates of change in jobs by sector are presented below. The Pittsburgh region weathered the recent national recession better than most of our benchmark regions. In fact, the year-over-year …

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Number of Jobs by Sector and Year

Annual job totals by sector are presented in the table below (in thousands). While the Pittsburgh region has been performing better than the benchmark average in terms of job growth …

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