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Consumer Expenditures for the Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton Area: 2017–18
Households in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, metropolitan area spent an average of $84,864 per year in 2017–18, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — October 2019
Prices in the Seattle area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), decreased 0.6 percent for the two months ending in October 2019.
Consumer Price Index, West Region — October 2019
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.5 percent in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Washington Economy at a Glance:
| Data Series | Back Data |
May 2019 |
June 2019 |
July 2019 |
Aug 2019 |
Sept 2019 |
Oct 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
3,875.9 | 3,878.9 | 3,884.7 | 3,895.8 | 3,907.1 | (p)3,922.3 |
Employment(1) |
|
3,695.7 | 3,699.5 | 3,705.4 | 3,716.1 | 3,728.1 | (p)3,743.9 |
Unemployment(1) |
|
180.2 | 179.4 | 179.2 | 179.7 | 179.0 | (p)178.3 |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
|
4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | (p)4.5 |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
|
3,488.6 | 3,496.2 | 3,502.1 | 3,510.9 | 3,505.5 | (p)3,503.9 |
12-month % change |
|
2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | (p)2.2 |
Mining and Logging(3) |
|
6.3 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.3 | (p)6.2 |
12-month % change |
|
0.0 | -1.6 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (p)-1.6 |
Construction(3) |
|
223.0 | 221.9 | 223.0 | 223.1 | 222.9 | (p)223.6 |
12-month % change |
|
5.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 | (p)2.5 |
Manufacturing(3) |
|
296.7 | 297.9 | 298.7 | 298.6 | 299.7 | (p)298.6 |
12-month % change |
|
3.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | (p)2.9 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
|
648.2 | 647.5 | 645.6 | 645.9 | 648.3 | (p)648.5 |
12-month % change |
|
1.9 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | (p)1.5 |
Information(3) |
|
138.5 | 140.9 | 142.0 | 143.0 | 143.9 | (p)144.7 |
12-month % change |
|
4.9 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.9 | (p)5.1 |
Financial Activities(3) |
|
163.1 | 163.5 | 164.5 | 164.9 | 165.8 | (p)166.4 |
12-month % change |
|
3.4 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.9 | (p)4.5 |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
|
435.9 | 437.6 | 438.9 | 439.7 | 438.8 | (p)438.5 |
12-month % change |
|
3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.4 | (p)2.9 |
Education & Health Services(3) |
|
512.4 | 513.6 | 512.4 | 516.1 | 515.1 | (p)514.1 |
12-month % change |
|
4.6 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 | (p)3.6 |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
|
354.0 | 353.8 | 353.5 | 353.0 | 352.5 | (p)352.5 |
12-month % change |
|
3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.9 | (p)2.2 |
Other Services(3) |
|
125.7 | 127.3 | 127.5 | 126.4 | 124.9 | (p)123.6 |
12-month % change |
|
3.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.0 | (p)0.2 |
Government(3) |
|
584.8 | 585.9 | 589.6 | 593.9 | 587.3 | (p)587.2 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.6 | -0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | (p)0.3 |
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