Strategic Planning Consultant Says Pittsburgh's Numbers look Good

Miller says Pittsburgh's doing better than some think
Pittsburgh Business Times
by Dan Reynolds

The former president of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development has issued his first report on Pittsburgh's economy as an independent consultant and the numbers, he says, are good. You just have to know how to read them.
Harold Miller, who since departing the Conference in November has formed his own consulting firm, Future Strategies LLC and Pittsburgh's Future, a strategic planning firm, issued the report this week.

What he found is that the Pittsburgh's job growth in high paying areas such as science, health care and engineering grew 13 percent between 1999 and 2004, almost double the national rate of seven percent.
In addition, job growth here for health care practitioners and health care technicians also far outpaced the national average, growing by 12 percent between 1999 and 2004, compared to a national average of seven percent.

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Pittsburgh Nation Comments:

As is often the case when looking at economic data about Pittsburgh, the numbers don't tell the whole truth. This study shows that Pittsburgh is adding high paying medical, science and engineering jobs at a rate double that of the rest of the country. As Mr. Miller correctly points out, the "population-dependant data" is often misleading. It is as much about the quality of the jobs created as the total number.

Since I started blogging, I have spent alot of time on Mr. Miller's website, and I have found it enlightening. Please visit the site to read the full report @
www.PittsburghFuture.com.