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Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Western Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue — May 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2023
Unemployment in the Seattle Area by County - June 2016 Unemployment News Release Aug 2016
Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue – September 2023 Average energy prices News Release Oct 2023
Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — August 2023 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2023
CPI Historical Table - Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
CPI Historical Table - Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (old base) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
CPI Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average - September 2023 (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Oct 2023
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area – June 2023 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2023
2018 CPI Geographic Revision Fact Sheet Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2018
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2020
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Economy at a Glance:
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

1,828.5 1,820.7 1,826.5 1,826.2 1,814.1 (p)1,794.4

Employment(1)

1,770.6 1,759.9 1,761.4 1,759.4 1,749.0 (p)1,725.9

Unemployment(1)

58.0 60.9 65.1 66.8 65.1 (p)68.5

Unemployment Rate(2)

3.2 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.6 (p)3.8

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

1,819.0 1,839.1 1,837.6 1,837.8 1,832.5 (p)1,834.4

12-month % change

3.3 3.6 2.9 2.6 2.6 (p)2.4

Mining and Logging(3)

0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 (p)0.7

12-month % change

14.3 14.3 0.0 14.3 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

108.9 110.0 110.2 111.6 109.4 (p)109.0

12-month % change

3.7 2.8 1.1 1.8 0.0 (p)-1.3

Manufacturing(3)

150.4 151.0 151.9 153.3 152.5 (p)152.1

12-month % change

5.8 5.7 5.0 5.5 4.5 (p)3.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

291.7 292.6 292.3 292.6 292.0 (p)293.7

12-month % change

3.6 3.7 2.0 2.1 2.5 (p)1.9

Information(3)

137.2 137.3 137.5 137.6 139.3 (p)135.6

12-month % change

-5.1 -7.6 -6.1 -6.8 -4.5 (p)-3.8

Financial Activities(3)

90.1 91.2 92.0 92.7 91.7 (p)90.9

12-month % change

0.3 1.6 2.2 3.2 1.7 (p)1.5

Professional and Business Services(3)

359.6 363.2 364.2 365.9 366.1 (p)363.1

12-month % change

0.7 0.9 1.0 1.0 2.0 (p)0.7

Education and Health Services(3)

240.7 240.5 239.1 239.0 242.4 (p)246.0

12-month % change

6.6 6.5 6.1 5.7 6.2 (p)6.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

164.9 174.3 174.3 173.7 167.5 (p)163.2

12-month % change

8.1 11.6 9.1 7.5 6.2 (p)5.4

Other Services(3)

59.2 61.2 62.6 63.2 60.7 (p)61.3

12-month % change

2.1 4.3 6.1 7.3 3.9 (p)5.3

Government(3)

215.5 217.0 212.7 207.4 210.2 (p)218.8

12-month % change

5.4 6.8 4.3 2.6 1.9 (p)3.5

Consumer Price Index: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

CPI-U, All items(4)

  341.734   344.449   345.992

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

    4.6   5.4   4.8

CPI-W, All items(5)

  336.135   339.034   340.263

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

    4.5   5.1   4.4

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.
(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.
(p) Preliminary