West Region

West Region - Monthly Data

Data Series	Back Data	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		39,448.9	39,475.4	39,422.0	39,420.3	39,376.8	39,350.2
Employment(1)		37,995.5	37,998.2	37,979.1	37,923.1	37,859.8	37,839.7
Unemployment(1)		1,453.4	1,477.1	1,442.9	1,497.2	1,517.0	1,510.5
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.8
Consumer Price Index
CPI-U, All items(3)		313.951	314.013	315.094	317.299	315.919	314.599
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change		8.3	8.1	8.3	8.1	7.1	6.2
CPI-W, All items(4)		307.269	307.003	307.937	310.550	308.801	306.762
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change		8.7	8.4	8.5	8.5	7.3	6.1
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, seasonally adjusted. (3) All Urban Consumers, Base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.

West Region - Quarterly Data

Data Series	Back Data	3rd Qtr 2021	4th Qtr 2021	1st Qtr 2022	2nd Qtr 2022	3rd Qtr 2022
Employment Cost Index, Private Industry
Total Compensation(1)		150.1	151.4	154.3	156.4	157.8
Compensation, 12-month % change		3.9	4.3	5.1	5.5	5.1
Wages & Salaries(1)		152.1	153.6	156.3	158.6	160.4
Wages & Salaries, 12-month % change		4.3	4.8	5.3	5.6	5.5
Footnotes (1) Private industry workers, Base: December 2005=100, quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted.

Data extracted on: January 25, 2023

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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