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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 Feb 2023
Western Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
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 – December 2022 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2023
Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — December 2022 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 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 - January 2023 (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 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		 Sept
2022		 Oct
2022		 Nov
2022		 Dec
2022		 Jan
2023		 Feb
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 2,228.2 2,226.1 2,203.3 (p)2,213.7 (p)2,243.5  

Employment(1)

 2,156.1 2,154.8 2,127.7 (p)2,138.4 (p)2,155.3  

Unemployment(1)

 72.1 71.3 75.6 (p)75.3 (p)88.2  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.2 3.2 3.4 (p)3.4 (p)3.9  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,122.9 2,130.4 2,138.2 2,144.7 (p)2,121.7  

12-month % change

 3.9 3.4 3.2 3.3 (p)4.1  

Mining and Logging(3)

 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 (p)1.1  

12-month % change

 10.0 -8.3 9.1 10.0 (p)0.0  

Construction(3)

 136.8 138.4 137.2 135.3 (p)132.9  

12-month % change

 3.2 4.3 4.3 4.2 (p)6.8  

Manufacturing(3)

 162.9 163.2 164.2 163.4 (p)163.0  

12-month % change

 4.1 4.7 4.5 3.7 (p)4.2  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 356.5 360.5 364.0 369.6 (p)362.8  

12-month % change

 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.7 (p)3.9  

Information(3)

 147.8 142.8 144.3 143.9 (p)142.0  

12-month % change

 3.4 -0.2 0.1 -0.6 (p)-0.1  

Financial Activities(3)

 104.7 104.0 103.7 103.8 (p)102.8  

12-month % change

 2.6 1.3 0.3 0.4 (p)-0.3  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 398.4 399.5 400.7 401.6 (p)396.1  

12-month % change

 8.1 6.9 6.6 6.2 (p)3.7  

Education and Health Services(3)

 288.0 292.1 294.7 295.0 (p)293.7  

12-month % change

 2.8 3.0 3.8 3.8 (p)4.8  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 192.7 189.3 188.0 190.6 (p)187.0  

12-month % change

 10.7 9.1 8.7 8.9 (p)9.6  

Other Services(3)

 71.5 71.3 72.0 72.0 (p)71.1  

12-month % change

 3.9 2.3 3.0 3.3 (p)3.2  

Government(3)

 262.5 268.2 268.2 268.4 (p)269.2  

12-month % change

 -0.5 0.4 -0.3 1.2 (p)3.7  

Consumer Price Index: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

CPI-U, All items(4)

   330.173   330.489   334.987

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

     8.9   8.4   8.0

CPI-W, All items(5)

   325.897   324.906   328.615

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

     9.4   7.9   7.5

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