(via Pittsburgh TODAY) The Pittsburgh Region just achieved a new #1 national ranking: it had the largest percentage growth in private sector jobs of any large region in the country in April. The region added 17,800 total jobs, including 16,700 jobs in the private sector, between March and April. That’s a 1.6% increase, higher than any of our benchmark regions, higher than any of the 40 largest regions in the country, higher than the state as a whole, and nearly twice as high as the nation.
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