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Bellingham

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Bellingham — May 2020	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2021
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2020

Bellingham, WA Economy at a Glance:

Bellingham, WA

Data Series	Back Data	Mar 2021	Apr 2021	May 2021	June 2021	July 2021	Aug 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		113.0	113.6	114.4	114.1	(p)115.3
Employment(1)		105.3	106.6	108.5	108.2	(p)109.7
Unemployment(1)		7.7	7.0	5.9	5.9	(p)5.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		6.8	6.2	5.2	5.1	(p)4.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		90.5	91.5	92.5	92.8	91.3	(p)90.4
12-month % change		-6.3	10.6	10.5	7.0	6.8	(p)5.2
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		8.1	8.3	8.4	8.4	8.3	(p)8.5
12-month % change		0.0	27.7	16.7	13.5	9.2	(p)10.4
Manufacturing(3)		9.4	9.5	9.6	9.7	9.7	(p)9.8
12-month % change		-10.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.2	(p)6.5
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		15.9	15.8	15.9	15.9	16.2	(p)15.8
12-month % change		-2.5	10.5	10.4	4.6	5.9	(p)1.9
Financial Activities(3)		4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	(p)4.4
12-month % change		7.5	10.3	13.2	12.8	4.8	(p)4.8
Professional and Business Services(3)		8.1	8.2	8.2	8.3	8.4	(p)8.5
12-month % change		-4.7	6.5	6.5	5.1	5.0	(p)4.9
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		8.1	8.6	9.0	9.5	9.9	(p)10.1
12-month % change		-24.3	30.3	32.4	21.8	25.3	(p)26.3
Government(3)		17.7	17.9	18.2	18.2	16.5	(p)15.1
12-month % change		-7.8	4.7	9.6	8.3	10.0	(p)0.7
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary