Monster Employment Index For Pittsburgh Reaches Record High Level For July!

The Monster Employment Index, which measures the number of job postings across a broad spectrum of job boards and compares that number to a base year of 2003, reached a record level for Pittsburgh at 169 for July.

Some of the strongest Pittsburgh employment categories include “Business and Financial Operations”, “Community and Social Services”, “Healthcare Support”, “Food Preparation and Serving”, “Building, Grounds Cleaning, Maintenance” and “Transportation and Material Moving.

Nationwide the Labor Department reported that 117,000 jobs were created in July with the prior two months estimates increased by a combined 54,000 jobs.

For a complete breakdown of both the local and national employment  indexes please click here.