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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > Table

Western - Labor Force Statistics

 
Civilian labor force in the West region, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States

 168,703 170,342 170,778 171,248 2,545 1.5

West

 40,405.1 40,611.1 40,617.5 40,649.8 244.7 0.6

Alaska

 360.6 365.0 365.2 365.8 5.3 1.5

Arizona

 3,756.7 3,798.5 3,802.4 3,816.5 59.8 1.6

California

 19,688.1 19,851.3 19,857.6 19,862.4 174.3 0.9

Colorado

 3,278.8 3,280.3 3,275.6 3,272.3 -6.5 -0.2

Hawaii

 682.0 688.6 687.2 687.0 5.0 0.7

Idaho

 1,009.0 1,010.0 1,009.4 1,010.1 1.1 0.1

Montana

 579.7 575.3 575.7 576.5 -3.2 -0.5

Nevada

 1,656.5 1,681.0 1,679.7 1,681.0 24.5 1.5

New Mexico

 985.6 991.5 990.7 990.2 4.6 0.5

Oregon

 2,203.4 2,213.9 2,217.3 2,221.1 17.7 0.8

Utah

 1,841.8 1,845.2 1,843.2 1,844.0 2.2 0.1

Washington

 4,063.0 4,024.8 4,022.0 4,029.0 -34.1 -0.8

Wyoming

 297.4 291.2 290.5 290.2 -7.2 -2.4

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployed in the West region, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States

 6,901 7,236 7,384 7,603 702 10.2

West

 1,943.6 1,973.7 1,973.1 1,989.9 46.3 2.4

Alaska

 17.1 17.4 17.3 17.4 0.2 1.4

Arizona

 143.0 156.1 157.1 160.5 17.5 12.2

California

 1,076.1 1,089.0 1,095.1 1,106.4 30.3 2.8

Colorado

 148.0 148.1 139.2 134.3 -13.6 -9.2

Hawaii

 20.6 18.8 18.2 17.2 -3.5 -16.7

Idaho

 38.1 36.9 37.0 37.3 -0.8 -2.2

Montana

 17.2 16.2 16.6 17.4 0.2 1.1

Nevada

 95.1 90.0 88.5 88.7 -6.3 -6.6

New Mexico

 42.9 41.3 40.9 40.8 -2.1 -4.8

Oregon

 93.2 109.5 111.7 114.6 21.4 22.9

Utah

 60.7 60.5 61.7 63.5 2.8 4.5

Washington

 179.2 180.9 180.2 181.9 2.8 1.5

Wyoming

 10.3 9.5 9.4 9.5 -0.9 -8.4

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployment rates in the West region, seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Area

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United States

 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 0.3

West

 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.9 0.1

Alaska

 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7 -0.1

Arizona

 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.2 0.4

California

 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.6 0.1

Colorado

 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.1 -0.4

Hawaii

 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.5 -0.5

Idaho

 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 -0.1

Montana

 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.0 0.0

Nevada

 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.3 -0.4

New Mexico

 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1 -0.2

Oregon

 4.2 4.9 5.0 5.2 1.0

Utah

 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 0.1

Washington

 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 0.1

Wyoming

 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.3 -0.2

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployment rates in West region states by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), not seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
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Sep 2024 to
Sep 2025

Alaska

Anchorage

 3.8 4.1 3.5 3.9 0.1

Fairbanks-College

 3.5 3.8 3.1 3.5 0.0

Arizona

Flagstaff

 4.0 5.1 5.0 4.9 0.9

Lake Havasu City-Kingman

 4.6 5.3 5.3 5.5 0.9

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler

 3.4 4.1 4.2 4.1 0.7

Prescott Valley-Prescott

 3.6 4.5 4.3 4.4 0.8

Sierra Vista-Douglas

 4.5 5.5 5.4 5.4 0.9

Tucson

 3.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 0.9

Yuma

 14.0 16.0 18.2 16.0 2.0

California

Bakersfield-Delano, CA

 7.5 9.6 8.5 8.1 0.6

Chico

 5.5 6.8 6.3 5.9 0.4

El Centro

 19.8 20.3 21.7 21.5 1.7

Fresno

 6.7 8.6 7.9 7.5 0.8

Hanford-Corcoran

 7.5 9.8 8.9 8.4 0.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim

 5.5 6.0 5.9 5.5 0.0

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine(1)

 4.0 4.8 4.6 4.4 0.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale(1)

 6.0 6.4 6.3 5.9 -0.1

Merced

 7.8 10.4 9.4 8.5 0.7

Modesto

 6.1 7.8 6.9 6.6 0.5

Napa

 3.7 4.4 4.3 4.1 0.4

Orange County(2)

 4.0 4.8 4.6 4.4 0.4

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

 4.6 5.4 5.3 5.1 0.5

Redding

 4.9 6.0 5.6 5.4 0.5

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

 5.3 6.4 6.1 5.9 0.6

Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom

 4.6 5.6 5.4 5.2 0.6

Salinas

 4.9 6.3 5.7 5.4 0.5

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad

 4.4 5.2 5.0 4.9 0.5

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont

 4.2 5.0 4.8 4.6 0.4

Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley(1)

 4.5 5.3 5.2 5.0 0.5

San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City(1)

 3.7 4.4 4.3 4.1 0.4

San Rafael(1)

 4.0 4.8 4.6 4.5 0.5

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara

 4.2 4.9 4.7 4.5 0.3

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

 4.1 5.2 5.0 4.8 0.7

Santa Cruz-Watsonville

 4.9 6.1 5.6 5.4 0.5

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

 4.0 5.0 4.7 4.5 0.5

Santa Rosa-Petaluma

 4.0 4.9 4.7 4.6 0.6

Stockton-Lodi

 6.0 7.3 6.8 6.5 0.5

Vallejo

 4.9 5.9 5.8 5.6 0.7

Visalia

 9.1 11.3 10.4 9.8 0.7

Yolo County(2)

 4.9 6.3 5.8 5.6 0.7

Yuba City

 6.5 8.1 7.3 7.0 0.5

Colorado

Boulder

 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.9 -0.4

Colorado Springs

 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.9 -0.4

Denver-Aurora-Centennial

 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.9 -0.3

Fort Collins-Loveland

 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.8 -0.3

Grand Junction

 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.9 -0.3

Greeley

 4.5 4.3 4.0 4.3 -0.2

Pueblo

 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.4 -0.4

Hawaii

Kahului-Wailuku

 4.0 2.8 2.8 2.5 -1.5

Urban Honolulu

 3.0 2.4 2.5 2.2 -0.8

Idaho

Boise City

 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.3 0.0

Coeur d'Alene

 3.9 4.1 4.2 3.9 0.0

Idaho Falls

 2.8 3.1 3.0 2.8 0.0

Lewiston, ID-WA

 3.2 3.7 3.6 3.3 0.1

Logan, UT-ID

 2.7 3.1 3.4 3.1 0.4

Pocatello

 3.6 4.5 4.2 3.8 0.2

Twin Falls

 3.2 3.7 3.4 3.1 -0.1

Montana

Billings

 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.0 0.6

Bozeman

 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.4 0.5

Great Falls

 2.5 2.8 3.0 3.1 0.6

Helena

 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.9 0.6

Missoula

 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.8 0.5

Nevada

Carson City

 4.5 4.4 4.0 4.2 -0.3

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas

 5.8 6.0 5.6 5.7 -0.1

Reno

 4.5 4.6 4.2 4.3 -0.2

New Mexico

Albuquerque

 3.9 5.0 4.2 3.9 0.0

Farmington

 4.6 6.0 4.7 4.5 -0.1

Las Cruces

 4.5 6.0 4.8 4.5 0.0

Santa Fe

 3.7 4.5 3.7 3.6 -0.1

Oregon

Albany

 4.4 5.7 5.9 5.6 1.2

Bend

 3.8 4.9 4.9 4.8 1.0

Corvallis

 3.7 4.8 4.8 4.8 1.1

Eugene-Springfield

 4.1 5.3 5.5 5.3 1.2

Grants Pass

 5.2 7.8 7.8 6.9 1.7

Medford

 4.4 6.3 6.1 5.5 1.1

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro OR-WA

 3.8 5.1 5.2 5.0 1.2

Salem

 3.8 5.4 5.3 4.9 1.1

Utah

Logan, UT-ID

 2.7 3.1 3.4 3.1 0.4

Ogden

 2.8 3.4 3.6 3.3 0.5

Provo-Orem-Lehi

 3.2 3.6 3.9 3.6 0.4

Salt Lake City-Murray

 3.0 3.6 3.8 3.6 0.6

St. George

 3.1 3.6 3.8 3.5 0.4

Washington

Bellingham

 3.9 4.5 4.5 3.9 0.0

Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard

 3.8 4.1 4.3 3.7 -0.1

Kennewick-Richland

 3.9 4.7 4.6 3.9 0.0

Lewiston, ID-WA

 3.2 3.7 3.6 3.3 0.1

Longview-Kelso

 4.5 5.1 5.3 4.6 0.1

Mount Vernon-Anacortes

 4.1 4.6 4.7 4.0 -0.1

Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater

 3.9 4.4 4.5 3.8 -0.1

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

 3.8 5.1 5.2 5.0 1.2

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue

 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.9 0.7

Everett(1)

 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.9 0.8

Seattle-Bellevue-Kent(1)

 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.8 0.8

Tacoma-Lakewood(1)

 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.2 0.6

Spokane-Spokane Valley

 3.7 4.3 4.4 3.7 0.0

Walla Walla

 3.5 4.0 4.0 3.3 -0.2

Wenatchee-East Wenatchee

 3.6 4.0 4.3 3.4 -0.2

Yakima

 4.5 5.4 5.4 4.2 -0.3

Wyoming

Casper

 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.0 0.1

Cheyenne

 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.0 0.1

Footnotes
(1) Metropolitan Division
(2) Counties and equivalents

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Nonfarm wage and salary employment in the West region States, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States

 158,314 159,511 159,485 159,593 1,279 0.8

Mountain Census Division

Arizona

 3,224.2 3,253.0 3,254.6 (p)3,256.8 (p)32.6 (p)1.0

Colorado

 2,976.6 2,988.5 2,994.2 (p)2,994.7 (p)18.1 (p)0.6

Idaho

 866.1 881.7 882.2 (p)882.5 (p)16.4 (p)1.9

Montana

 528.0 529.8 529.2 (p)528.9 (p)0.9 (p)0.2

Nevada

 1,573.5 1,573.9 1,570.5 (p)1,575.6 (p)2.1 (p)0.1

New Mexico

 888.4 907.9 904.5 (p)904.5 (p)16.1 (p)1.8

Utah

 1,749.8 1,766.8 1,775.9 (p)1,779.5 (p)29.7 (p)1.7

Wyoming

 294.9 297.1 297.1 (p)296.8 (p)1.9 (p)0.6

Pacific Census Division

Alaska

 335.1 338.2 339.6 (p)338.7 (p)3.6 (p)1.1

California

 17,930.8 18,007.4 17,997.1 (p)17,992.6 (p)61.8 (p)0.3

Hawaii

 642.3 650.8 651.9 (p)651.8 (p)9.5 (p)1.5

Oregon

 1,997.2 2,001.4 2,004.9 (p)2,008.2 (p)11.0 (p)0.6

Washington

 3,654.0 3,672.3 3,662.5 (p)3,667.4 (p)13.4 (p)0.4

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.