How many sign shops are in the Pittsburgh area?

Name: Sign shops in the Pittsburgh, PA metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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54 sign shops

in the Pittsburgh, PA metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 29% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 20.9% of Pennsylvania's sign shops.

Shops vs 20230%0 more shops than 2023

Concentration1.29×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Pittsburgh area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
24	Nashville areaTN	58	—	—	1.19×
24	Riverside areaCA	58	807	$62,931	0.56×
26	Cleveland areaOH	55	—	—	1.37×
27	Pittsburgh areaPA	54	—	—	1.29×
28	Cincinnati areaOH-KY-IN	53	—	—	1.25×
28	St. Louis areaMO-IL	53	—	—	0.89×
30	Indianapolis areaIN	52	—	—	1.38×

All 383 metro areas are ranked on the metro list. For Pennsylvania as a whole, with 2025 figures and the trend since 2014, see the Pennsylvania page.

Other metro areas in Pennsylvania

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Philadelphia area	139	—	—	1.23×
Allentown area	18	—	—	1.42×
Lancaster area	14	123	$62,471	1.52×
Scranton area	11	—	—	1.27×
Harrisburg area	8	—	—	0.82×
Reading area	8	136	$68,955	1.43×
Erie area	7	138	$60,949	1.65×
York area	7	128	$79,194	1.19×

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Pittsburgh area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 54 sign manufacturing establishments in the Pittsburgh, PA metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 27 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Pittsburgh area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Pittsburgh area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Pennsylvania's sign shops paid an average of $65,763 that year.

Does the Pittsburgh area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 29% larger share of the Pittsburgh area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.29, where 1.00 is the national share).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), annual averages, private ownership, NAICS 339950 Sign Manufacturing, Pittsburgh, PA metropolitan statistical area, 2024 and 2023 annual averages, read September 24, 2026. 2024 is the latest year the BLS has published for metro areas. Concentration is the BLS location quotient for establishments. Ranks computed from the 383 metro areas with a published count; tied areas share a rank.