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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > Washington > Seattle

Seattle

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Seattle Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2023
Western Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue — May 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Tacoma-Lakewood — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Consumer Expenditures for the Seattle Metropolitan Area: 2020–21 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2022
Unemployment in the Seattle Area by County - June 2016 Unemployment News Release Aug 2016
Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue – July 2023 Average energy prices News Release Aug 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 - August 2023 (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 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-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Economy at a Glance:
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Data Series Back
Data		 Mar
2023		 Apr
2023		 May
2023		 June
2023		 July
2023		 Aug
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 2,284.8 2,262.2 2,281.6 2,276.5 2,285.4 (p)2,283.0

Employment(1)

 2,211.5 2,195.2 2,207.9 2,200.4 2,203.5 (p)2,195.4

Unemployment(1)

 73.3 67.0 73.7 76.1 81.9 (p)87.5

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.6 (p)3.8

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,149.8 2,157.1 2,160.9 2,182.1 2,182.0 (p)2,183.0

12-month % change

 3.6 3.5 3.1 3.4 2.8 (p)2.7

Mining and Logging(3)

 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 (p)1.2

12-month % change

 10.0 20.0 9.1 9.1 0.0 (p)9.1

Construction(3)

 134.5 136.7 136.3 137.8 139.0 (p)141.0

12-month % change

 4.9 5.7 3.7 2.9 2.0 (p)2.8

Manufacturing(3)

 165.0 164.9 167.1 167.7 168.7 (p)170.1

12-month % change

 4.4 3.8 4.9 4.9 4.4 (p)4.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 359.9 359.6 362.6 363.6 363.4 (p)364.5

12-month % change

 2.1 2.1 2.6 2.9 1.4 (p)1.7

Information(3)

 143.7 141.3 139.0 139.1 139.3 (p)139.7

12-month % change

 -0.5 -2.1 -5.1 -7.6 -6.1 (p)-6.6

Financial Activities(3)

 103.2 104.0 104.6 105.6 106.5 (p)107.0

12-month % change

 -1.2 0.1 0.3 1.4 1.9 (p)2.5

Professional and Business Services(3)

 400.1 400.6 398.3 401.5 402.9 (p)403.2

12-month % change

 2.4 1.7 0.6 0.6 0.9 (p)0.5

Education and Health Services(3)

 302.8 304.3 305.4 305.4 303.7 (p)303.1

12-month % change

 6.0 6.5 7.2 7.6 7.1 (p)6.6

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 194.1 197.5 199.6 209.2 209.9 (p)208.5

12-month % change

 9.2 7.9 7.1 9.6 7.7 (p)5.9

Other Services(3)

 73.5 73.7 72.5 74.6 75.9 (p)76.8

12-month % change

 4.7 4.4 2.0 3.5 5.1 (p)6.5

Government(3)

 271.9 273.3 274.3 276.4 271.5 (p)267.9

12-month % change

 3.9 4.3 4.5 5.8 3.8 (p)3.6

Consumer Price Index: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

CPI-U, All items(4)

   338.487   341.734   344.449

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

     6.9   4.6   5.4

CPI-W, All items(5)

   332.082   336.135   339.034

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

     6.8   4.5   5.1

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