This graph demonstrates the GDP per capita in Pittsburgh from 2008 to 2020. GDP/capita is a core indicator of economic performance for a region.

Following a slight dip in 2009, there has been a consistent increase between 1.2% and 4% and a short stagnation between 2015 and 2016. From 2016 to 2019, growth continued at a rate of about 2.5% and then dropped off 4.6% in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This increase in GDP/capita is a combination of Pittsburgh's growing economy and declining population which indicates increases in standards of living.

This graph illustrates the price level in Pittsburgh. The price levels are determined by the average price that consumers pay for durable and non-durable goods and services.

The graph shows that after the 2008 financial crisis, there's a continuous increase in price levels until 2015, except a slight decrease experienced in 2011. After achieving the peak at 102.9 in 2015, the price levels started to decrease in recent years. However, from 2019 to 2020, the price level increased from 97.5 to 98.4, which is still higher than the level in 2008.

This graph shows the monthly unemployment in Pittsburgh from 2008 to 2021.

The left side of the graph shows the effects of the Great Recession, which saw unemployment rise to 9.4% in February of 2010. However, Pittsburgh fared better than similar cities and the national average.

Before the pandemic, unemployment was at a quarterly average of a little above 4%. Consequently, the graph shows a large spike in the beginning of 2020, reaching a record-high 16.6% in April. This was due to the efforts to contain COVID-19 pandemic. Some sectors, like leisure and hospitality, suffered higher levels of unemployment than others.

This graph illustrates the job postings that firms upload to Indeed daily.

There is a steep decrease starting in the second half of March 2020, with the lowest point reaching -40% from February 2020, during the beginning of May. The abrupt decrease in percentage change was due to firms removing their posted job listings from the employment website amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily job postings remained to display a negative percentage change for a full year until March 2021, when the percentage change turned positive.

Daily job postings on Indeed have displayed an overall increasing trajectory since. At the beginning of 2022, the highest point was reached at 51% from February 2020.

This graph is showing the average weekly wages for employees in total covered establishment measured in dollars per week. Wages in this context include pay for vacation and other paid leave, bonuses, stock options, tips, the cash value of meals and lodging.

Average wages have been increasing consistently since 1990 at a rate of about .8% per quarter. The two percent trend line is suppose to indicate weekly wage growth in relation to inflation. However, the graph shows us that an average of two percent inflation over the past 30 years would indicate that wage growth in Pittsburgh is not keeping up with normal inflation rates.