Table 39

Economic Benchmarks							Tables
39. FIRE JOBS, U.S, PITTSBURGH MSA, AND ALLEGHENY COUNTY, 1969-1995.
	Number of FIRE Jobs			% of Base Year (1969=100)
Year	U.S.	Pgh.MSA	Allegheny	U.S.	Pgh.MSA	Allegheny
1969	5,857,500	61,099	46,950	100	100	100
1970	6,156,100	64,575	49,548	105	106	106
1971	6,471,700	68,454	52,252	110	112	111
1972	6,839,800	72,426	55,202	117	119	118
1973	7,377,900	76,899	58,480	126	126	125
1974	7,602,400	75,265	57,461	130	123	122
1975	7,629,200	74,919	56,922	130	123	121
1976	7,911,900	78,785	59,677	135	129	127
1977	8,413,900	82,211	61,816	144	135	132
1978	8,510,000	80,528	60,621	145	132	129
1979	8,610,800	78,055	58,858	147	128	125
1980	8,977,200	79,642	59,716	153	130	127
1981	9,098,900	79,734	59,832	155	130	127
1982	9,246,200	79,384	59,652	158	130	127
1983	9,344,300	79,427	60,211	160	130	128
1984	9,678,100	81,049	61,486	165	133	131
1985	10,060,200	81,498	62,424	172	133	133
1986	10,653,300	83,835	64,362	182	137	137
1987	10,969,300	87,451	67,277	187	143	143
1988	11,056,700	86,730	66,609	189	142	142
1989	11,257,500	90,214	69,369	192	148	148
1990	11,376,300	93,526	71,510	194	153	152
1991	11,076,900	93,223	71,580	189	153	152
1992	10,791,200	93,064	70,402	184	152	150
1993	10,978,300	95,316	72,522	187	156	154
1994	11,253,200	98,041	74,571	192	160	159
1995	11,088,600	95,158	72,175	189	156	154
Source:Regional Economic Information Services, Bureau for Economic Analysis(Table CA25).

note: FIRE is an abbreviation for finance, insurance, and real estate.
University of Pittsburgh							September 1998