Jobs

As in the rest of the country, the unemployment rate in southwestern Pennsylvania is the lowest it's been since the pandemic began. But with the number of people looking for work at its lowest level since 1990, businesses continue to struggle with hiring.

New state estimates show that employment in the Pittsburgh area continues to stagnate amid the ever-unfolding pandemic. Although hiring bounced back somewhat in the summer of 2020, there are roughly 50,000 fewer workers in and around Pittsburgh today than just before the pandemic.

In a new survey, about one-third of southwestern Pennsylvanians who have exited the labor force say they're staying home to manage childcare or other responsibilities.

Summer hiring has helped to drive employment growth early in the recovery from COVID-19, but hiring for more permanent jobs has remained flat since last fall.

Pandemic-related job losses hobbled the local economy through the winter, with the Pittsburgh region sustaining 87,800 fewer jobs in February compared to…

Although President Joe Biden’s actions on climate change have stirred anxieties about job loss in energy-producing states like Pennsylvania, a new report…

Days after Joe Biden’s inauguration, the nation’s top labor leader said the new president was “off to a tremendous start” with early actions aimed at…

Pennsylvania’s unemployment slid a bit down in June after hitting a pandemic peak in April, but it was well above the national rate even as payrolls…

Package deliver company United Parcel Service has committed to spending $1.4 billion to expand its operations in Pennsylvania and hire more than 1,700…

Pennsylvania's unemployment rate rose in December for the fourth straight month, as payrolls shrank and the labor force hit another record high. The state…