U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Department of Labor Logo United States Department of Labor
Dot gov

The .gov means it's official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > Table

Western - Labor Force Statistics

 
Civilian labor force in the West region, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

(Links provide news releases)		 Back
data		 Dec
2018		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Dec 2018 to
Dec 2019
Net
change		 Percent
change

United States

 163,111 164,401 164,347 164,556 1,445 0.9

West

 38,810.9 39,074.4 39,176.5 39,275.3 464.4 1.2

Alaska

 356.3 349.0 348.0 (p)347.1 (p)-9.2 (p)-2.6

Arizona

 3,486.5 3,580.6 3,592.2 (p)3,600.8 (p)114.3 (p)3.3

California

 19,507.6 19,442.2 19,492.2 (p)19,544.5 (p)36.9 (p)0.2

Colorado

 3,128.7 3,164.9 3,170.6 (p)3,176.6 (p)47.9 (p)1.5

Hawaii

 677.7 661.4 662.8 (p)664.5 (p)-13.2 (p)-1.9

Idaho

 862.4 884.7 886.8 (p)889.1 (p)26.7 (p)3.1

Montana

 529.7 533.9 535.3 (p)536.7 (p)7.1 (p)1.3

Nevada

 1,514.1 1,551.7 1,557.8 (p)1,562.4 (p)48.3 (p)3.2

New Mexico

 944.9 966.3 966.8 (p)966.6 (p)21.8 (p)2.3

Oregon

 2,110.9 2,116.5 2,115.4 (p)2,114.9 (p)4.0 (p)0.2

Utah

 1,580.1 1,610.9 1,617.0 (p)1,622.7 (p)42.6 (p)2.7

Washington

 3,823.0 3,922.1 3,940.1 (p)3,956.8 (p)133.9 (p)3.5

Wyoming

 289.2 290.2 291.4 (p)292.4 (p)3.2 (p)1.1

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployed in the West region, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

(Links provide news releases)		 Back
data		 Dec
2018		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Dec 2018 to
Dec 2019
Net
change		 Percent
change

United States

 6,286 5,857 5,811 5,753 -533 -8.5

West

 1,608.1 1,530.0 1,513.3 1,489.3 -118.8 -7.4

Alaska

 23.1 21.5 21.3 (p)21.2 (p)-1.9 (p)-8.1

Arizona

 171.5 172.8 170.1 (p)166.2 (p)-5.3 (p)-3.1

California

 802.6 765.4 761.8 (p)757.7 (p)-44.9 (p)-5.6

Colorado

 113.5 83.5 82.4 (p)80.2 (p)-33.3 (p)-29.3

Hawaii

 17.6 17.7 17.5 (p)17.5 (p)-0.1 (p)-0.6

Idaho

 23.8 25.7 25.9 (p)25.8 (p)2.0 (p)8.5

Montana

 19.7 18.0 18.2 (p)18.4 (p)-1.3 (p)-6.4

Nevada

 67.3 63.0 61.7 (p)59.5 (p)-7.8 (p)-11.6

New Mexico

 47.1 46.5 46.2 (p)45.8 (p)-1.2 (p)-2.6

Oregon

 89.9 85.7 83.3 (p)79.3 (p)-10.6 (p)-11.8

Utah

 49.8 41.0 39.2 (p)37.9 (p)-11.9 (p)-23.9

Washington

 170.4 178.2 174.9 (p)169.0 (p)-1.4 (p)-0.8

Wyoming

 11.9 11.0 10.9 (p)10.7 (p)-1.2 (p)-10.0

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployment rates in the West region, seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Area

(Links provide news releases)		 Back
data		 Dec
2018		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Net change
Dec 2018 to
Dec 2019

United States

 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.5 -0.4

West

 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.8 -0.3

Alaska

 6.5 6.2 6.1 (p)6.1 (p)-0.4

Arizona

 4.9 4.8 4.7 (p)4.6 (p)-0.3

California

 4.1 3.9 3.9 (p)3.9 (p)-0.2

Colorado

 3.6 2.6 2.6 (p)2.5 (p)-1.1

Hawaii

 2.6 2.7 2.6 (p)2.6 (p)0.0

Idaho

 2.8 2.9 2.9 (p)2.9 (p)0.1

Montana

 3.7 3.4 3.4 (p)3.4 (p)-0.3

Nevada

 4.4 4.1 4.0 (p)3.8 (p)-0.6

New Mexico

 5.0 4.8 4.8 (p)4.7 (p)-0.3

Oregon

 4.3 4.0 3.9 (p)3.7 (p)-0.6

Utah

 3.2 2.5 2.4 (p)2.3 (p)-0.9

Washington

 4.5 4.5 4.4 (p)4.3 (p)-0.2

Wyoming

 4.1 3.8 3.7 (p)3.7 (p)-0.4

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployment rates in West region states by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), not seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
(news release)
 Back
data		 Dec
2018		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Net change
Dec 2018 to
Dec 2019

Alaska

Anchorage

 5.6 5.0 5.2 (p)5.2 (p)-0.4

Fairbanks

 5.8 4.9 5.3 (p)5.3 (p)-0.5

Arizona

Flagstaff

 6.2 4.7 4.8 (p)5.5 (p)-0.7

Lake Havasu City-Kingman

 6.1 5.2 5.4 (p)5.4 (p)-0.7

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale

 4.3 3.7 3.8 (p)3.7 (p)-0.6

Prescott

 4.6 4.0 4.2 (p)4.0 (p)-0.6

Sierra Vista-Douglas

 5.8 5.1 5.3 (p)5.3 (p)-0.5

Tucson

 4.7 4.1 4.1 (p)4.1 (p)-0.6

Yuma

 14.7 16.1 15.4 (p)14.5 (p)-0.2

California

Bakersfield, CA

 7.5 6.1 6.4 (p)7.2 (p)-0.3

Chico

 5.5 3.8 4.0 (p)4.2 (p)-1.3

El Centro

 17.7 21.1 20.6 (p)19.4 (p)1.7

Fresno

 7.4 5.8 6.5 (p)6.9 (p)-0.5

Hanford-Corcoran

 8.0 6.3 7.1 (p)7.7 (p)-0.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim

 4.1 4.1 3.8 (p)3.6 (p)-0.5

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine(1)

 2.7 2.5 2.5 (p)2.4 (p)-0.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale(1)

 4.6 4.5 4.2 (p)4.0 (p)-0.6

Madera

 7.1 5.4 6.1 (p)6.8 (p)-0.3

Merced

 8.3 5.8 6.5 (p)7.9 (p)-0.4

Modesto

 6.2 4.9 5.2 (p)5.6 (p)-0.6

Napa

 3.2 2.3 2.6 (p)2.9 (p)-0.3

Orange County(2)

 2.7 2.5 2.5 (p)2.4 (p)-0.3

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

 3.8 3.3 3.4 (p)3.4 (p)-0.4

Redding

 4.8 3.8 3.9 (p)4.2 (p)-0.6

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

 3.9 3.7 3.6 (p)3.5 (p)-0.4

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade

 3.5 3.1 3.2 (p)3.2 (p)-0.3

Salinas

 7.9 3.7 4.5 (p)7.2 (p)-0.7

San Diego-Carlsbad

 3.1 2.9 2.9 (p)2.8 (p)-0.3

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward

 2.5 2.3 2.3 (p)2.2 (p)-0.3

Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley(1)

 2.8 2.7 2.7 (p)2.6 (p)-0.2

San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco(1)

 2.1 1.9 1.9 (p)1.8 (p)-0.3

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara

 2.5 2.3 2.3 (p)2.2 (p)-0.3

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande

 2.8 2.4 2.5 (p)2.5 (p)-0.3

San Rafael(1)

 2.2 2.0 2.0 (p)1.9 (p)-0.3

Santa Cruz-Watsonville

 5.3 3.3 3.9 (p)4.9 (p)-0.4

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

 4.0 3.0 3.2 (p)3.6 (p)-0.4

Santa Rosa

 2.6 2.3 2.4 (p)2.4 (p)-0.2

Stockton-Lodi

 6.0 5.0 5.3 (p)5.7 (p)-0.3

Vallejo-Fairfield

 3.8 3.3 3.3 (p)3.4 (p)-0.4

Visalia-Porterville

 9.4 8.0 8.5 (p)9.3 (p)-0.1

Yolo County(2)

 4.3 3.2 3.6 (p)3.9 (p)-0.4

Yuba City

 7.3 5.2 5.7 (p)6.7 (p)-0.6

Colorado

Boulder

 3.2 2.1 2.1 (p)2.0 (p)-1.2

Colorado Springs

 4.6 2.8 2.9 (p)2.8 (p)-1.8

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood

 3.6 2.3 2.4 (p)2.3 (p)-1.3

Fort Collins

 3.2 2.0 2.1 (p)2.0 (p)-1.2

Grand Junction

 4.8 2.8 2.9 (p)3.1 (p)-1.7

Greeley

 3.4 2.2 2.3 (p)2.3 (p)-1.1

Pueblo

 5.8 3.5 3.8 (p)3.6 (p)-2.2

Hawaii

Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina

 2.2 2.7 2.5 (p)2.2 (p)0.0

Urban Honolulu

 2.2 2.4 2.4 (p)2.1 (p)-0.1

Idaho

Boise City

 2.7 2.3 2.7 (p)2.7 (p)0.0

Coeur d'Alene

 3.7 2.8 3.5 (p)3.8 (p)0.1

Idaho Falls

 2.2 1.9 2.3 (p)2.3 (p)0.1

Lewiston, ID-WA

 3.5 2.8 3.2 (p)3.2 (p)-0.3

Logan, UT-ID

 2.4 1.5 1.5 (p)1.7 (p)-0.7

Pocatello

 2.7 2.3 2.6 (p)2.7 (p)0.0

Montana

Billings

 3.4 2.9 3.1 (p)3.2 (p)-0.2

Great Falls

 3.7 3.1 3.2 (p)3.4 (p)-0.3

Missoula

 3.7 2.8 3.1 (p)3.5 (p)-0.2

Nevada

Carson City

 4.4 3.4 3.3 (p)3.3 (p)-1.1

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise

 4.5 4.0 3.7 (p)3.5 (p)-1.0

Reno

 3.4 2.9 2.7 (p)2.6 (p)-0.8

New Mexico

Albuquerque

 4.5 4.4 4.3 (p)4.2 (p)-0.3

Farmington

 5.7 5.3 5.5 (p)5.5 (p)-0.2

Las Cruces

 5.5 5.0 5.2 (p)5.2 (p)-0.3

Santa Fe

 4.0 3.7 3.6 (p)3.6 (p)-0.4

Oregon

Albany

 4.8 4.0 3.6 (p)3.3 (p)-1.5

Bend-Redmond

 4.7 3.4 3.1 (p)3.1 (p)-1.6

Corvallis

 3.0 2.7 2.2 (p)2.0 (p)-1.0

Eugene

 4.5 3.8 3.4 (p)3.1 (p)-1.4

Grants Pass

 5.8 4.5 4.1 (p)3.9 (p)-1.9

Medford

 4.8 3.6 3.2 (p)3.1 (p)-1.7

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro OR-WA

 3.9 3.5 3.1 (p)2.8 (p)-1.1

Salem

 4.5 3.7 3.3 (p)3.1 (p)-1.4

Utah

Logan, UT-ID

 2.4 1.5 1.5 (p)1.7 (p)-0.7

Ogden-Clearfield

 2.9 1.8 1.8 (p)2.0 (p)-0.9

Provo-Orem

 2.6 1.7 1.7 (p)1.9 (p)-0.7

Salt Lake City

 2.8 1.9 1.9 (p)2.0 (p)-0.8

St. George

 3.3 2.1 2.1 (p)2.4 (p)-0.9

Washington

Bellingham

 5.1 4.9 4.9 (p)4.8 (p)-0.3

Bremerton-Silverdale

 4.9 4.4 4.3 (p)4.1 (p)-0.8

Kennewick-Richland

 6.5 4.8 5.4 (p)5.9 (p)-0.6

Lewiston, ID-WA

 3.5 2.8 3.2 (p)3.2 (p)-0.3

Longview

 6.3 5.9 5.9 (p)5.5 (p)-0.8

Mount Vernon-Anacortes

 5.6 5.2 5.5 (p)5.4 (p)-0.2

Olympia-Tumwater

 5.0 4.8 4.7 (p)4.4 (p)-0.6

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

 3.9 3.5 3.1 (p)2.8 (p)-1.1

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue

 3.8 3.3 2.9 (p)2.7 (p)-1.1

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett(1)

 3.4 2.8 2.3 (p)2.2 (p)-1.2

Tacoma-Lakewood(1)

 5.4 5.1 5.1 (p)4.8 (p)-0.6

Spokane-Spokane Valley

 5.9 4.9 5.1 (p)5.2 (p)-0.7

Walla Walla

 5.5 4.5 4.5 (p)4.8 (p)-0.7

Wenatchee

 6.1 4.2 5.2 (p)5.5 (p)-0.6

Yakima

 8.6 5.3 7.0 (p)8.3 (p)-0.3

Wyoming

Casper

 4.4 3.7 3.9 (p)4.1 (p)-0.3

Cheyenne

 3.9 3.3 3.3 (p)3.3 (p)-0.6

Footnotes
(1) Metropolitan Division
(2) Counties and equivalents
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Nonfarm wage and salary employment in the West region States, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

(news release)		 Back
data		 Dec
2018		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Dec 2018 to
Dec 2019
Net
change		 Percent
change

United States

 149,865 151,553 151,814 (p)151,961 (p)2,096 (p)1.4

Mountain Census Division

Arizona

 2,891.0 2,952.0 2,966.6 (p)2,971.8 (p)80.8 (p)2.8

Colorado

 2,746.9 2,792.7 2,802.1 (p)2,803.5 (p)56.6 (p)2.1

Idaho

 742.3 758.7 760.7 (p)763.9 (p)21.6 (p)2.9

Montana

 481.3 484.6 485.4 (p)485.0 (p)3.7 (p)0.8

Nevada

 1,412.7 1,438.7 1,443.6 (p)1,440.1 (p)27.4 (p)1.9

New Mexico

 846.2 860.1 862.4 (p)861.8 (p)15.6 (p)1.8

Utah

 1,540.3 1,580.1 1,585.5 (p)1,588.2 (p)47.9 (p)3.1

Wyoming

 288.9 287.4 286.9 (p)285.8 (p)-3.1 (p)-1.1

Pacific Census Division

Alaska

 329.1 329.6 328.6 (p)329.2 (p)0.1 (p)0.0

California

 17,302.2 17,575.9 17,599.9 (p)17,612.5 (p)310.3 (p)1.8

Hawaii

 659.2 662.1 661.0 (p)664.2 (p)5.0 (p)0.8

Oregon

 1,920.9 1,953.1 1,956.9 (p)1,957.7 (p)36.8 (p)1.9

Washington

 3,444.2 3,504.7 3,517.5 (p)3,528.4 (p)84.2 (p)2.4

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.