Energy jobs rise while cost of living remains low
Dear Friend,
  
Energy employment continues to rise in southwestern Pennsylvania, following a trend that has seen it grow 35 percent since 2005. Total energy industry jobs in the seven-county Pittsburgh MSA rose 7 percent to climb to 44,644 in 2012. Energy extraction employment, which has soared 55 percent in the past seven years, accounted for 19,845 of those jobs.
  
Meanwhile, Pittsburgh remains one of the least expensive places to live among our benchmark regions. Its 2nd Quarter 2013 ACCRA Composite Cost of Living Index score of 93.7 is well below the benchmark average transportation cost-of-living index of 107.7 is the highest among the benchmark regions.

  
  

Thanks for your interest,

 

Douglas Heuck

Program Director

PittsburghTODAY 

  

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