Washington Economy at a Glance

Washington

Data Series	Oct 2007	Nov 2007	Dec 2007	Jan 2008	Feb 2008	Mar 2008
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force ⁽¹⁾	3,440.2 ⁽⁴⁾	3,443.6 ⁽⁴⁾	3,443.6 ⁽⁴⁾	3,461.0	3,455.6	3,467.6 ^(P)
Employment ⁽¹⁾	3,280.6 ⁽⁴⁾	3,285.9 ⁽⁴⁾	3,286.3 ⁽⁴⁾	3,306.9	3,300.1	3,299.3 ^(P)
Unemployment ⁽¹⁾	159.6 ⁽⁴⁾	157.7 ⁽⁴⁾	157.3 ⁽⁴⁾	154.1	155.6	168.3 ^(P)
Unemployment Rate ⁽²⁾	4.6 ⁽⁴⁾	4.6 ⁽⁴⁾	4.6 ⁽⁴⁾	4.5	4.5	4.9 ^(P)
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm ⁽³⁾	2,947.4	2,950.5	2,958.3	2,964.5	2,969.4	2,966.4 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Total Nonfarm	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.3	2.0	1.8 ^(P)
Natural Resources and Mining ⁽³⁾	8.1	8.0	8.0	8.1	8.1	8.2 ^(P)
12-month % change -- NR & Mining	-5.8	-7.0	-8.0	-8.0	0.0	2.5 ^(P)
Construction ⁽³⁾	207.3	207.7	207.6	206.8	206.7	207.3 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Construction	4.1	4.1	3.7	2.2	1.3	0.8 ^(P)
Manufacturing ⁽³⁾	295.6	295.9	296.3	297.6	297.6	297.3 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Manufacturing	2.5	2.3	2.3	2.8	1.9	2.3 ^(P)
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities ⁽³⁾	553.9	556.9	557.3	558.3	557.5	556.9 ^(P)
12-month % change -- TTU	2.1	2.2	2.2	1.8	1.3	1.1 ^(P)
Information ⁽³⁾	103.1	103.1	103.3	103.8	104.1	104.7 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Information	2.9	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.8 ^(P)
Financial Activities ⁽³⁾	154.3	154.2	154.4	154.5	154.4	154.2 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Financial Activities	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	-0.8	-1.0	-1.3 ^(P)
Professional & Business Services ⁽³⁾	346.1	347.1	349.5	350.1	351.5	350.5 ^(P)
12-month % change -- PBS	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.1	2.7	1.9 ^(P)
Education & Health Services ⁽³⁾	351.2	351.9	352.7	353.4	354.8	354.4 ^(P)
12-month % change -- EHS	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.2	3.0 ^(P)
Leisure & Hospitality ⁽³⁾	285.0	285.4	286.5	287.4	289.2	288.4 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Leisure & Hospitality	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.5	4.3	3.8 ^(P)
Other Services ⁽³⁾	105.7	105.7	105.8	106.2	106.2	106.2 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Other Services	1.4	1.1	1.2	2.1	1.2	1.0 ^(P)
Government ⁽³⁾	537.1	534.6	536.9	538.3	539.3	538.3 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Government	1.2	0.7	1.0	1.4	1.5	1.9 ^(P)
Mass layoffs
Layoff events, all industries	14	30	21	14	19	12
12-month net change -- Layoff events, all industries	-2	-6	0	0	6	-4
12-month % change -- Layoff events, all industries	-12.5	-16.7	0.0	0.0	46.2	-25.0
Initial claimants, all industries	1,058	3,096	1,940	1,047	1,766	913
12-month net change -- Initial claimants, all industries	-105	-294	-410	-481	701	-259
12-month % change -- Initial claimants, all industries	-9.0	-8.7	-17.4	-31.5	65.8	-22.1

Footnotes:

^(P) Preliminary
⁽¹⁾ Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
⁽²⁾ Percent
⁽³⁾ Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
⁽⁴⁾ Reflects revised population controls, seasonal factors, and model reestimation for 2003-07.

Data extracted on: May 7, 2008

Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Get Detailed Statistics" link at the top of this page

Washington includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

Bellingham, WA
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA
Longview, WA
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
Olympia, WA
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA (Metropolitan Division)
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Spokane, WA
Tacoma, WA (Metropolitan Division)
Wenatchee, WA
Yakima, WA

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

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