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Pittsburgh's Unemployment Rate Decreases, EmploymentCrossing Finds Over 35,000 Jobs In The City

12-03-2011 10:55 AM CET | Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance

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Pasadena, CA, December 2, 2011 - According to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry's report, Pittsburgh's unemployment rate has remained constant with 0.5 percent decline since the last two months finishing at 7 percent in October.
Pittsburgh's unemployment rate is fifth-lowest among Pennsylvania's 14 metro regions. The growth in Pittsburg has completely been in most service sectors like higher education and health services, which is up by 5,000, local education adding 4,200 jobs, professional/technical which rose up by 1,100 and retail trade rising by 1,900. Education and health have helped Pittsburgh region strengthen, which have further helped it survive better than many states of the United States during the economic downturn of 2007.

Christoper Magaro, an industry and business analyst with the Center for Workforce Information and Analysis in Harrisburg said, "Those super sectors (education and health services) continue to grow." There are now total 191,200 jobs in healthcare and social assistance in the Pittsburgh region, 126,900 jobs in retail trade, all of leisure and hospitality combined to 111,900 and all 127,800 government jobs.

EmploymentCrossing has found over 1.2 million jobs in the United States this week. It also lists nearly 35,000 jobs in Pittsburgh of which there are nearly 7,000 retail sector jobs, over 5,500 blue-collar and managerial jobs, nearly 4,500 sales and healthcare jobs and over 3,000 IT jobs across the state. You get an option of searching for profession specific jobs as well as geographic specific jobs on EmploymentCrossing.

EmploymentCrossing is part of the Employment Research Institute, which is one of the most powerful and comprehensive organizations dedicated to helping professionals find jobs that will enhance their careers. Employment Research Institute consists of hundreds of industry-specific and location-specific job boards which consolidates every job opening it can find in one convenient location. The website also offers a seventy two-hour free trial to new members.

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