Job growth ends year on a high note
After a flat five years, job growth in the Pittsburgh region ended on an upswing in 2017.
The seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area gained 19,300 jobs between December 2016 and December 2017—a 1.6 percent increase over the year, according to the preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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