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Economy / Employment and Unemployment

Employment and unemployment indicators are from the U.S. Department of Labor's Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, which are updated monthly. The "Employment" indicator differs in very important ways from the "Jobs" indicator that PittsburghTODAY also reports.

The number of unemployed in the Pittsburgh MSA increased by 0.8 percent in April 2013 compared to April 2012. The number of employed also increased year-over-year as did the total labor force.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 7.1 percent was down slightly from March's rate (7.2 percent, which was revised downward) and the same as the rate in April 2012.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics

These figures are for the Metropolitan Statistical Areas.

Current month data are preliminary. All data are seasonally adjusted figures.