Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
| Data Series |
Back Data |
Oct 2007 |
Nov 2007 |
Dec 2007 |
Jan 2008 |
Feb 2008 |
Mar 2008 |
| Labor Force Data |
| Civilian Labor Force (1) |
 |
1,835.6 (6) |
1,855.2 (6) |
1,857.4 (6) |
1,856.9 (7) |
1,851.9 |
1,853.0 (P) |
| Employment (1) |
 |
1,765.5 (6) |
1,782.7 (6) |
1,784.1 (6) |
1,780.6 (7) |
1,773.9 |
1,774.4 (P) |
| Unemployment (1) |
 |
70.1 (6) |
72.5 (6) |
73.3 (6) |
76.3 (7) |
78.0 |
78.6 (P) |
| Unemployment Rate (2) |
 |
3.8 (6) |
3.9 (6) |
3.9 (6) |
4.1 (7) |
4.2 |
4.2 (P) |
| Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment |
| Total Nonfarm (3) |
 |
1,761.6 |
1,768.6 |
1,767.8 |
1,735.6 |
1,747.2 |
1,752.5 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Total Nonfarm |
 |
3.2 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
2.2 |
2.1 (P) |
| Natural Resources and Mining (3) |
 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- NR & Mining |
 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
7.1 |
0.0 |
7.1 (P) |
| Construction (3) |
 |
128.5 |
125.7 |
123.4 |
118.4 |
119.1 |
120.6 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Construction |
 |
7.3 |
6.9 |
5.9 |
3.5 |
1.4 |
0.8 (P) |
| Manufacturing (3) |
 |
190.4 |
190.6 |
190.4 |
190.5 |
190.2 |
190.4 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Manufacturing |
 |
3.9 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
3.8 |
2.5 |
3.1 (P) |
| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3) |
 |
327.2 |
334.9 |
338.1 |
326.7 |
324.2 |
324.2 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- TTU |
 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
1.6 |
1.5 (P) |
| Information (3) |
 |
85.8 |
85.8 |
85.7 |
85.1 |
85.7 |
86.0 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Information |
 |
3.6 |
2.6 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
1.7 |
2.5 (P) |
| Financial Activities (3) |
 |
103.1 |
102.9 |
103.1 |
102.2 |
102.4 |
102.4 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Financial |
 |
-1.4 |
-1.4 |
-1.5 |
-1.3 |
-1.3 |
-1.7 (P) |
| Professional and Business Services (3) |
 |
243.1 |
243.6 |
242.7 |
236.4 |
238.8 |
239.7 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- PBS |
 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
2.8 |
2.1 (P) |
| Education and Health Services (3) |
 |
196.0 |
198.0 |
195.5 |
194.2 |
196.9 |
197.6 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- EHS |
 |
3.8 |
4.4 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.0 (P) |
| Leisure and Hospitality (3) |
 |
165.2 |
162.5 |
165.1 |
160.6 |
162.7 |
164.4 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Leisure & Hospitality |
 |
4.9 |
3.8 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
4.4 |
4.5 (P) |
| Other Services (3) |
 |
63.9 |
63.2 |
63.5 |
62.4 |
63.1 |
63.7 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Other Services |
 |
3.4 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
1.8 |
1.9 (P) |
| Government (3) |
 |
256.9 |
259.9 |
258.8 |
257.6 |
262.6 |
262.0 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Government |
 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
1.9 (P) |
| Consumer Price Index: Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA |
| CPI-U, All items, Index (4) |
 |
218.427 |
|
218.966 |
|
221.728 |
|
| CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change (4) |
 |
4.1 |
|
4.6 |
|
4.7 |
|
| CPI-W, All items, Index (5) |
 |
213.107 |
|
214.024 |
|
216.332 |
|
| CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change (5) |
 |
4.5 |
|
4.8 |
|
5.1 |
|
Footnotes:
(P) Preliminary
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted
(6) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls.
(7) Corrected.
Data extracted on: May 7, 2008
Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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