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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > Table

Western - Labor Force Statistics

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

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United States

 164,579 160,718 160,536 160,567 -4,012 -2.4

West

 39,165.6 38,958.9 38,395.6 38,561.6 -603.9 -1.5

Alaska

 346.8 353.4 348.8 (p)347.9 (p)1.1 (p)0.3

Arizona

 3,594.6 3,581.2 3,564.1 (p)3,569.4 (p)-25.2 (p)-0.7

California

 19,483.8 19,216.7 18,888.5 (p)18,960.5 (p)-523.3 (p)-2.7

Colorado

 3,174.5 3,136.1 3,170.2 (p)3,212.6 (p)38.1 (p)1.2

Hawaii

 666.5 642.6 661.4 (p)651.1 (p)-15.5 (p)-2.3

Idaho

 888.7 912.8 904.4 (p)907.6 (p)18.9 (p)2.1

Montana

 535.7 536.7 537.0 (p)534.7 (p)-1.0 (p)-0.2

Nevada

 1,551.4 1,544.8 1,495.6 (p)1,485.6 (p)-65.8 (p)-4.2

New Mexico

 959.9 925.8 924.0 (p)929.7 (p)-30.2 (p)-3.1

Oregon

 2,103.1 2,138.3 2,121.0 (p)2,129.7 (p)26.6 (p)1.3

Utah

 1,622.4 1,643.6 1,647.2 (p)1,655.1 (p)32.7 (p)2.0

Washington

 3,945.4 3,995.3 3,818.4 (p)3,864.7 (p)-80.7 (p)-2.0

Wyoming

 292.7 295.5 294.4 (p)294.0 (p)1.3 (p)0.5

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

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United States

 5,844 11,049 10,728 10,736 4,892 83.7

West

 1,464.8 3,116.2 2,830.7 3,069.6 1,604.8 109.6

Alaska

 21.2 20.8 22.0 (p)20.2 (p)-1.0 (p)-4.7

Arizona

 163.3 282.6 284.8 (p)268.3 (p)105.0 (p)64.3

California

 754.7 1,728.1 1,536.7 (p)1,700.4 (p)945.7 (p)125.3

Colorado

 80.3 199.9 202.3 (p)269.2 (p)188.8 (p)235.1

Hawaii

 17.7 91.2 68.7 (p)60.7 (p)43.0 (p)243.5

Idaho

 25.4 50.4 43.9 (p)40.1 (p)14.7 (p)58.1

Montana

 18.7 26.7 24.9 (p)23.7 (p)5.0 (p)26.7

Nevada

 57.1 184.5 155.2 (p)136.2 (p)79.1 (p)138.4

New Mexico

 45.7 75.0 66.5 (p)76.5 (p)30.7 (p)67.2

Oregon

 71.4 145.6 128.0 (p)136.6 (p)65.2 (p)91.4

Utah

 39.6 67.1 71.0 (p)60.1 (p)20.4 (p)51.6

Washington

 158.8 237.8 219.2 (p)272.5 (p)113.7 (p)71.6

Wyoming

 10.8 16.4 15.1 (p)14.1 (p)3.3 (p)30.5

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

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United States

 3.6 6.9 6.7 6.7 3.1

West

 3.7 8.0 7.4 8.0 4.3

Alaska

 6.1 5.9 6.3 (p)5.8 (p)-0.3

Arizona

 4.5 7.9 8.0 (p)7.5 (p)3.0

California

 3.9 9.0 8.1 (p)9.0 (p)5.1

Colorado

 2.5 6.4 6.4 (p)8.4 (p)5.9

Hawaii

 2.7 14.2 10.4 (p)9.3 (p)6.6

Idaho

 2.9 5.5 4.9 (p)4.4 (p)1.5

Montana

 3.5 5.0 4.6 (p)4.4 (p)0.9

Nevada

 3.7 11.9 10.4 (p)9.2 (p)5.5

New Mexico

 4.8 8.1 7.2 (p)8.2 (p)3.4

Oregon

 3.4 6.8 6.0 (p)6.4 (p)3.0

Utah

 2.4 4.1 4.3 (p)3.6 (p)1.2

Washington

 4.0 6.0 5.7 (p)7.1 (p)3.1

Wyoming

 3.7 5.5 5.1 (p)4.8 (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.
 
Unemployment rates in West region states by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), not seasonally adjusted (in percent)
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Alaska

Anchorage

 5.3 5.3 6.1 (p)5.7 (p)0.4

Fairbanks

 5.3 4.3 5.0 (p)4.6 (p)-0.7

Arizona

Flagstaff

 5.5 9.6 9.7 (p)9.6 (p)4.1

Lake Havasu City-Kingman

 5.3 9.0 8.8 (p)8.4 (p)3.1

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale

 3.6 7.4 7.4 (p)6.9 (p)3.3

Prescott

 4.0 6.8 6.8 (p)6.5 (p)2.5

Sierra Vista-Douglas

 5.2 6.5 6.5 (p)6.4 (p)1.2

Tucson

 4.0 7.8 7.7 (p)7.4 (p)3.4

Yuma

 14.3 15.5 14.3 (p)12.4 (p)-1.9

California

Bakersfield, CA

 7.1 10.2 9.4 (p)11.3 (p)4.2

Chico

 4.4 7.1 6.8 (p)8.2 (p)3.8

El Centro

 17.1 18.2 16.2 (p)17.7 (p)0.6

Fresno

 6.9 8.9 8.5 (p)10.4 (p)3.5

Hanford-Corcoran

 7.7 9.0 8.8 (p)11.0 (p)3.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim

 3.6 10.7 9.6 (p)9.9 (p)6.3

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine(1)

 2.4 7.3 6.4 (p)7.4 (p)5.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale(1)

 4.0 11.8 10.7 (p)10.7 (p)6.7

Madera

 6.7 8.2 8.1 (p)9.9 (p)3.2

Merced

 7.9 9.0 9.0 (p)11.5 (p)3.6

Modesto

 5.6 8.8 8.2 (p)9.9 (p)4.3

Napa

 2.9 6.4 6.0 (p)7.3 (p)4.4

Orange County(2)

 2.4 7.3 6.4 (p)7.4 (p)5.0

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

 3.4 6.9 6.3 (p)7.5 (p)4.1

Redding

 4.1 6.7 6.5 (p)8.0 (p)3.9

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

 3.5 8.7 7.9 (p)9.1 (p)5.6

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade

 3.2 7.3 6.7 (p)7.9 (p)4.7

Salinas

 7.2 7.6 7.7 (p)11.4 (p)4.2

San Diego-Carlsbad

 2.8 7.5 6.6 (p)8.0 (p)5.2

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward

 2.2 7.0 6.1 (p)7.0 (p)4.8

Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley(1)

 2.6 7.7 6.8 (p)7.7 (p)5.1

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

 1.8 6.3 5.4 (p)6.1 (p)4.3

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara

 2.3 5.8 5.2 (p)6.0 (p)3.7

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande

 2.5 5.9 5.5 (p)6.7 (p)4.2

San Rafael(1)

 2.0 5.2 4.7 (p)5.5 (p)3.5

Santa Cruz-Watsonville

 4.8 6.9 6.8 (p)8.5 (p)3.7

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

 3.6 6.1 5.8 (p)7.6 (p)4.0

Santa Rosa

 2.4 6.0 5.5 (p)6.5 (p)4.1

Stockton-Lodi

 5.6 9.6 9.0 (p)10.6 (p)5.0

Vallejo-Fairfield

 3.3 8.2 7.5 (p)8.8 (p)5.5

Visalia-Porterville

 9.3 10.5 9.7 (p)11.8 (p)2.5

Yolo County(2)

 3.9 5.9 5.8 (p)7.0 (p)3.1

Yuba City

 6.5 8.8 8.6 (p)10.7 (p)4.2

Colorado

Boulder

 2.0 5.2 5.1 (p)6.9 (p)4.9

Colorado Springs

 2.8 6.0 6.0 (p)8.6 (p)5.8

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood

 2.3 6.5 6.4 (p)8.5 (p)6.2

Fort Collins

 2.0 5.1 5.2 (p)7.4 (p)5.4

Grand Junction

 3.1 5.7 6.1 (p)8.2 (p)5.1

Greeley

 2.3 6.2 6.4 (p)8.3 (p)6.0

Pueblo

 3.6 7.8 8.3 (p)11.3 (p)7.7

Hawaii

Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina

 2.2 22.2 16.3 (p)13.0 (p)10.8

Urban Honolulu

 2.1 12.4 9.1 (p)8.0 (p)5.9

Idaho

Boise City

 2.6 5.4 4.9 (p)4.5 (p)1.9

Coeur d'Alene

 3.8 6.5 6.3 (p)6.1 (p)2.3

Idaho Falls

 2.3 3.8 3.5 (p)3.5 (p)1.2

Lewiston, ID-WA

 3.2 4.3 4.2 (p)4.5 (p)1.3

Logan, UT-ID

 1.7 2.4 2.6 (p)2.4 (p)0.7

Pocatello

 2.7 5.0 4.7 (p)4.6 (p)1.9

Montana

Billings

 3.1 4.1 4.1 (p)4.0 (p)0.9

Great Falls

 3.4 4.4 4.6 (p)4.4 (p)1.0

Missoula

 3.5 4.2 4.2 (p)4.5 (p)1.0

Nevada

Carson City

 3.4 6.6 6.1 (p)5.7 (p)2.3

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise

 3.5 13.7 11.8 (p)10.4 (p)6.9

Reno

 2.8 6.3 5.6 (p)5.0 (p)2.2

New Mexico

Albuquerque

 4.1 7.5 6.4 (p)7.3 (p)3.2

Farmington

 5.6 9.3 7.9 (p)8.9 (p)3.3

Las Cruces

 5.3 7.4 6.7 (p)7.5 (p)2.2

Santa Fe

 3.5 7.7 6.2 (p)7.2 (p)3.7

Oregon

Albany

 3.4 6.3 5.5 (p)6.0 (p)2.6

Bend-Redmond

 3.2 6.1 5.5 (p)6.8 (p)3.6

Corvallis

 2.0 4.7 3.8 (p)4.0 (p)2.0

Eugene

 3.1 6.2 5.3 (p)5.7 (p)2.6

Grants Pass

 4.0 6.5 5.8 (p)6.7 (p)2.7

Medford

 3.2 6.2 5.4 (p)5.9 (p)2.7

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro OR-WA

 2.8 6.6 5.8 (p)6.1 (p)3.3

Salem

 3.1 5.9 5.2 (p)5.8 (p)2.7

Utah

Logan, UT-ID

 1.7 2.4 2.6 (p)2.4 (p)0.7

Ogden-Clearfield

 2.1 3.4 3.6 (p)3.1 (p)1.0

Provo-Orem

 2.0 3.1 3.3 (p)2.8 (p)0.8

Salt Lake City

 2.1 4.1 4.2 (p)3.5 (p)1.4

St. George

 2.5 4.1 4.3 (p)3.8 (p)1.3

Washington

Bellingham

 4.7 6.3 6.5 (p)7.2 (p)2.5

Bremerton-Silverdale

 3.9 5.3 5.6 (p)6.3 (p)2.4

Kennewick-Richland

 5.8 5.3 5.9 (p)6.7 (p)0.9

Lewiston, ID-WA

 3.2 4.3 4.2 (p)4.5 (p)1.3

Longview

 5.5 6.7 6.9 (p)7.7 (p)2.2

Mount Vernon-Anacortes

 5.3 6.5 6.9 (p)7.9 (p)2.6

Olympia-Tumwater

 4.3 5.5 5.8 (p)6.5 (p)2.2

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

 2.8 6.6 5.8 (p)6.1 (p)3.3

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue

 3.0 5.2 5.0 (p)7.2 (p)4.2

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett(1)

 2.5 4.8 4.5 (p)7.0 (p)4.5

Tacoma-Lakewood(1)

 4.6 6.7 6.9 (p)7.6 (p)3.0

Spokane-Spokane Valley

 5.0 5.8 6.2 (p)7.5 (p)2.5

Walla Walla

 4.8 4.6 5.2 (p)6.5 (p)1.7

Wenatchee

 5.4 5.3 6.1 (p)6.9 (p)1.5

Yakima

 8.0 6.1 7.1 (p)7.9 (p)-0.1

Wyoming

Casper

 4.2 7.7 7.1 (p)6.5 (p)2.3

Cheyenne

 3.4 4.5 4.2 (p)4.1 (p)0.7

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

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United States

 151,919 142,545 142,809 (p)142,582 (p)-9,337 (p)-6.1

Mountain Census Division

Arizona

 2,978.4 2,886.5 2,895.4 (p)2,896.3 (p)-82.1 (p)-2.8

Colorado

 2,813.5 2,687.6 2,682.9 (p)2,662.6 (p)-150.9 (p)-5.4

Idaho

 769.1 762.2 768.8 (p)773.7 (p)4.6 (p)0.6

Montana

 487.1 470.7 472.4 (p)472.8 (p)-14.3 (p)-2.9

Nevada

 1,425.2 1,308.6 1,320.1 (p)1,328.3 (p)-96.9 (p)-6.8

New Mexico

 861.0 804.5 802.7 (p)795.2 (p)-65.8 (p)-7.6

Utah

 1,583.3 1,565.5 1,578.8 (p)1,592.6 (p)9.3 (p)0.6

Wyoming

 288.7 275.6 275.6 (p)276.4 (p)-12.3 (p)-4.3

Pacific Census Division

Alaska

 329.5 308.5 309.1 (p)306.9 (p)-22.6 (p)-6.9

California

 17,554.4 16,134.3 16,196.6 (p)16,144.4 (p)-1,410.0 (p)-8.0

Hawaii

 659.6 543.9 557.4 (p)568.7 (p)-90.9 (p)-13.8

Oregon

 1,954.0 1,825.8 1,827.9 (p)1,802.4 (p)-151.6 (p)-7.8

Washington

 3,509.2 3,288.6 3,302.0 (p)3,299.8 (p)-209.4 (p)-6.0

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.