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Yakima

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Yakima — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2020

Yakima, WA Economy at a Glance:

Yakima, WA

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		137.8	139.1	137.0	128.6	(p)128.4	(p)129.6
Employment(1)		130.1	133.0	130.5	120.0	(p)117.1	(p)117.0
Unemployment(1)		7.7	6.1	6.5	8.6	(p)11.3	(p)12.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		5.6	4.4	4.7	6.7	(p)8.8	(p)9.7
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		88.7	89.8	90.5	90.8	90.5	(p)89.5
12-month % change		3.3	3.7	2.6	3.9	4.0	(p)4.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5	(p)4.3
12-month % change		6.8	6.8	4.4	4.5	2.3	(p)7.5
Manufacturing(3)		8.8	9.2	9.1	9.0	8.9	(p)8.8
12-month % change		6.0	7.0	4.6	9.8	6.0	(p)7.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		19.8	19.9	20.1	20.1	20.3	(p)19.9
12-month % change		-0.5	0.5	-0.5	-1.5	0.0	(p)2.6
Professional and Business Services(3)		4.9	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	(p)4.9
12-month % change		8.9	13.3	6.4	8.7	11.1	(p)11.4
Education and Health Services(3)		18.8	19.0	19.0	19.1	18.9	(p)18.8
12-month % change		2.7	3.3	2.2	3.2	2.7	(p)1.6
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		8.7	8.4	8.6	8.5	8.4	(p)8.3
12-month % change		8.8	6.3	4.9	7.6	3.7	(p)5.1
Government(3)		17.3	17.6	18.4	18.6	18.6	(p)18.6
12-month % change		3.0	2.3	4.5	5.1	6.9	(p)5.7
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