Regional Dashboard · Northeast

Pittsburgh Construction Labor Market.

Healthcare, energy, and advanced-manufacturing activity sustains modest but durable leadership demand in a deep regional market.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Drivers: Healthcare systems, energy and petrochemical, advanced manufacturing and robotics, infrastructure and bridges, institutional. Updated 2026-05-19 Vintage Q2 2026

Indicators on this dashboard are directional intelligence models — vintage-stamped, confidence-labeled, and held against the same framework across every market AlphaHire tracks. See the methodology →

Market Snapshot

Pittsburgh labor pressure.

Labor Pressure Score
62/100
Severe · ▲ 2 pts QoQ
Composite of demand, supply, compensation velocity, contractor growth, and time-to-fill. Directional, calibrated weekly.
Avg. Time-to-Fill (leadership) 59 days ▲ 1 days YoY Internal High confidence
Compensation Acceleration +4.1% YoY ▲ 0.5 pts Estimated Directional confidence
Active Major Projects 5 ▲ 1 QoQ Internal High confidence
Open roles vs. qualified pool
Leadership · ratio 1.6:1
Open leadership reqs 145
Qualified, reachable candidates 88
Hiring velocity
Avg. time-to-fill · 6-period trend (days)
Top hiring contractors
Anonymized cohorts
Healthcare GCsPM + preconstruction demand
Energy / petrochemical contractorsField leadership + project controls
Infrastructure / bridge contractorsSteady super + estimating demand
Contractor growth & award signals
Headcount · awards · migration
Contractor headcount growth ▲ +3% YoY
Project award activity Moderate
In-migration of talent Limited
Role scarcity heatmap
0–100 hiring difficulty by role
Healthcare PM
70
Heavy Civil PM
66
Superintendent
64
Estimator
62
Project Controls
60
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