Greater Pittsburgh is No. 1 in the country for private sector hiring in April, reports Pop City.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the region added 17,800 total jobs, including 16,700 jobs in the private sector between March and April of 2010. The 1.6% increase was higher than 40 other regions in the U.S. and almost twice as high as the national figures, points out Harold Miller in PittsburghTODAY, which reports regularly on how the region compares to others across the country based on indicators like economy, health and demographics.
"The Pittsburgh Region has historically lagged the nation in recovering from recessions, so the fact that we led the nation in April is a very positive sign," says Miller. "However, we still have a long way to go to recover all of the jobs we've lost over the past 18 months."
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