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The number of jobs Pittsburgh has to offer declined on a monthly and yearly basis last month.

While the November unemployment rate for Pittsburgh has not yet been released, the State of Pennsylvania's rate decreased from 8.9 percent to 8.5 percent, which is lower than the national unemployment rate of 10 percent. Pittsburgh had a 7.7 percent unemployment rate during October.

The city had a total non-farm employment of 1,127,400 workers during November, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 1,128,000 workers during October and a 2.3 percent decrease from last year.

Four industries saw a monthly increase in employment, including: trade, transportation and utilities by 2,700 jobs; financial activities by 200 jobs; education and health services by 1,000 jobs; and government by 600 jobs. Employment in the mining and logging, information and professional and business services industries remained steady at 5,500 jobs, 19,400 jobs and 157,000 jobs, respectively.

Only one industry managed to add jobs on a yearly basis. The education and health services industry employed 237,900 workers during November, up from 236,900 workers during October and a .8 percent increase from last year. Employment in the mining and logging industry remained even over the year.

The manufacturing industry took the biggest hit when compared to last year. The industry employed 87,500 workers during November, down from 87,700 workers during October and a 10.3 percent decrease from last year.

Other industries that saw an over-the-year decrease in employment include:

• construction by 8 percent
• trade, transportation and utilities by 1.9 percent
• information by 4 percent
• financial activities by 2.5 percent
• professional and business services by 2.5 percent
• leisure and hospitality by .8 percent
• other services by 1.3 percent
• government by 1.2 percent

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