Economy of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Economy of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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The economy of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is diversified, focused on services, medicine, higher education, tourism, banking, corporate headquarters and high technology. Once the center of the American steel industry, and still known as "The Steel City," today the city of Pittsburgh has no steel mills.

The top two private employers in the city are the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (26,000 employees) and the University of Pittsburgh (10,700 employees). [ [http://www.alleghenyconference.org/public/cfm/d_and_d/index.cfm?FUSEACTION=CityCounty "Top Private Employers, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance] - Aug 2006]

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