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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

 170,750 169,358 169,094 169,777 -973 -0.6

West

 40,605.5 40,194.7 40,085.7 40,022.1 -583.4 -1.4

Alaska

 365.8 368.0 367.3 (p)366.3 (p)0.5 (p)0.1

Arizona

 3,807.6 3,724.4 3,709.9 (p)3,701.8 (p)-105.8 (p)-2.8

California

 19,850.2 19,620.3 19,549.6 (p)19,499.1 (p)-351.1 (p)-1.8

Colorado

 3,254.4 3,193.3 3,188.9 (p)3,182.4 (p)-72.1 (p)-2.2

Hawaii

 687.0 690.4 690.9 (p)692.7 (p)5.7 (p)0.8

Idaho

 1,008.0 1,000.4 998.9 (p)998.4 (p)-9.6 (p)-1.0

Montana

 578.0 574.5 574.5 (p)574.6 (p)-3.4 (p)-0.6

Nevada

 1,671.2 1,686.7 1,681.6 (p)1,675.6 (p)4.4 (p)0.3

New Mexico

 983.7 972.4 970.8 (p)969.8 (p)-13.9 (p)-1.4

Oregon

 2,219.7 2,204.1 2,204.6 (p)2,208.3 (p)-11.5 (p)-0.5

Utah

 1,839.9 1,822.2 1,822.5 (p)1,826.3 (p)-13.6 (p)-0.7

Washington

 4,053.6 4,058.8 4,048.3 (p)4,043.7 (p)-9.9 (p)-0.2

Wyoming

 287.8 285.9 285.2 (p)285.0 (p)-2.8 (p)-1.0

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

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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 7,380 7,094 6,916 7,031 -349 -4.7

West

 1,986.5 1,952.8 1,922.8 1,902.0 -84.5 -4.3

Alaska

 17.0 16.3 15.9 (p)15.7 (p)-1.3 (p)-7.7

Arizona

 166.3 180.9 181.3 (p)182.3 (p)15.9 (p)9.6

California

 1,097.2 1,024.5 1,006.8 (p)992.8 (p)-104.4 (p)-9.5

Colorado

 125.9 124.8 125.0 (p)128.2 (p)2.3 (p)1.8

Hawaii

 14.6 17.9 18.3 (p)18.8 (p)4.2 (p)28.7

Idaho

 36.5 36.8 36.2 (p)36.2 (p)-0.4 (p)-1.0

Montana

 19.6 19.2 18.6 (p)18.3 (p)-1.4 (p)-6.9

Nevada

 87.4 86.5 84.4 (p)81.1 (p)-6.3 (p)-7.2

New Mexico

 40.2 46.9 46.2 (p)45.7 (p)5.5 (p)13.6

Oregon

 117.6 114.8 114.1 (p)113.0 (p)-4.7 (p)-4.0

Utah

 66.0 66.2 64.8 (p)64.1 (p)-1.9 (p)-2.9

Washington

 187.7 209.4 202.8 (p)197.5 (p)9.8 (p)5.2

Wyoming

 9.5 9.0 8.6 (p)8.5 (p)-1.0 (p)-10.7

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

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

 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1 -0.2

West

 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 -0.1

Alaska

 4.6 4.4 4.3 (p)4.3 (p)-0.3

Arizona

 4.4 4.9 4.9 (p)4.9 (p)0.5

California

 5.5 5.2 5.1 (p)5.1 (p)-0.4

Colorado

 3.9 3.9 3.9 (p)4.0 (p)0.1

Hawaii

 2.1 2.6 2.7 (p)2.7 (p)0.6

Idaho

 3.6 3.7 3.6 (p)3.6 (p)0.0

Montana

 3.4 3.3 3.2 (p)3.2 (p)-0.2

Nevada

 5.2 5.1 5.0 (p)4.8 (p)-0.4

New Mexico

 4.1 4.8 4.8 (p)4.7 (p)0.6

Oregon

 5.3 5.2 5.2 (p)5.1 (p)-0.2

Utah

 3.6 3.6 3.6 (p)3.5 (p)-0.1

Washington

 4.6 5.2 5.0 (p)4.9 (p)0.3

Wyoming

 3.3 3.2 3.0 (p)3.0 (p)-0.3

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

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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Alaska

Anchorage

 3.4 3.8 (p)3.3    

Fairbanks-College

 3.1 3.8 (p)3.3    

Arizona

Flagstaff

 5.2 6.0 (p)5.8    

Lake Havasu City-Kingman

 5.4 6.9 (p)6.9    

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler

 4.3 4.9 (p)4.8    

Prescott Valley-Prescott

 4.4 5.8 (p)5.7    

Sierra Vista-Douglas

 5.7 6.9 (p)6.9    

Tucson

 4.9 5.7 (p)5.6    

Yuma

 19.0 16.6 (p)18.9    

California

Bakersfield-Delano, CA

 8.7 8.8 (p)8.6    

Chico

 6.4 5.9 (p)6.1    

El Centro

 22.0 17.8 (p)19.7    

Fresno

 7.9 7.7 (p)7.7    

Hanford-Corcoran

 8.6 8.5 (p)8.6    

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim

 5.8 5.0 (p)5.0    

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine(1)

 4.6 4.1 (p)4.2    

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale(1)

 6.2 5.3 5.2 (p)4.9 (p)-1.3

Merced

 9.4 9.2 (p)9.1    

Modesto

 7.1 7.0 (p)7.0    

Napa

 4.5 4.1 (p)4.2    

Orange County(2)

 4.6 4.1 (p)4.2    

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

 5.3 4.5 (p)4.7    

Redding

 5.5 5.0 (p)5.3    

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

 6.2 5.3 (p)5.7    

Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom

 5.4 4.8 (p)5.0    

Salinas

 5.8 5.7 (p)5.7    

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad

 5.1 4.5 (p)4.7    

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont

 4.9 4.2 (p)4.4    

Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley(1)

 5.2 4.5 (p)4.7    

San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City(1)

 4.4 3.7 (p)3.9    

San Rafael(1)

 4.6 4.0 (p)4.2    

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara

 4.7 4.0 (p)4.1    

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

 4.9 4.3 (p)4.5    

Santa Cruz-Watsonville

 5.6 5.3 (p)5.3    

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

 4.8 4.2 (p)4.5    

Santa Rosa-Petaluma

 4.8 4.2 (p)4.3    

Stockton-Lodi

 6.8 6.2 (p)6.4    

Vallejo

 5.7 5.0 (p)5.3    

Visalia

 10.6 10.2 (p)10.3    

Yolo County(2)

 5.9 5.6 (p)5.6    

Yuba City

 7.4 7.3 (p)7.3    

Colorado

Boulder

 3.9 4.0 (p)4.0    

Colorado Springs

 3.9 4.1 (p)4.3    

Denver-Aurora-Centennial

 3.8 3.9 (p)4.1    

Fort Collins-Loveland

 3.8 3.6 (p)3.8    

Grand Junction

 3.8 4.0 (p)4.3    

Greeley

 4.2 4.4 (p)4.5    

Pueblo

 5.5 5.7 (p)6.1    

Hawaii

Kahului-Wailuku

 2.4 3.2 (p)2.8    

Urban Honolulu

 2.2 3.1 (p)2.8    

Idaho

Boise City

 3.4 3.5 (p)3.3    

Coeur d'Alene

 4.0 4.0 (p)3.7    

Idaho Falls

 2.9 3.2 (p)3.0    

Lewiston, ID-WA

 3.4 3.4 (p)3.0    

Logan, UT-ID

 3.4 3.4 (p)3.2    

Pocatello

 4.0 4.2 (p)4.0    

Twin Falls

 3.2 3.4 (p)3.2    

Montana

Billings

 3.3 3.3 (p)2.9    

Bozeman

 2.4 2.7 (p)2.2    

Great Falls

 3.4 3.4 (p)3.0    

Helena

 3.0 3.0 (p)2.6    

Missoula

 3.0 3.0 (p)2.7    

Nevada

Carson City

 4.0 3.9 (p)3.9    

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas

 5.7 5.2 (p)5.4    

Reno

 4.2 4.1 (p)4.0    

New Mexico

Albuquerque

 4.1 4.9 (p)5.5    

Farmington

 4.4 5.8 (p)6.4    

Las Cruces

 4.6 5.7 (p)6.2    

Santa Fe

 3.7 4.3 (p)4.9    

Oregon

Albany

 5.9 5.5 (p)5.5    

Bend

 5.0 4.8 (p)4.9    

Corvallis

 4.8 4.8 (p)4.5    

Eugene-Springfield

 5.6 5.3 (p)5.4    

Grants Pass

 7.7 7.4 (p)7.7    

Medford

 6.0 6.0 (p)6.3    

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro OR-WA

 5.3 5.0 (p)4.9    

Salem

 5.3 5.1 (p)5.3    

Utah

Logan, UT-ID

 3.4 3.4 (p)3.2    

Ogden

 3.6 3.6 (p)3.5    

Provo-Orem-Lehi

 4.0 3.8 (p)3.7    

Salt Lake City-Murray

 3.9 3.6 (p)3.5    

St. George

 3.8 3.8 (p)3.8    

Washington

Bellingham

 4.5 4.1 (p)3.6    

Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard

 4.2 4.1 (p)3.5    

Kennewick-Richland

 4.6 4.3 (p)3.8    

Lewiston, ID-WA

 3.4 3.4 (p)3.0    

Longview-Kelso

 5.4 5.0 (p)4.3    

Mount Vernon-Anacortes

 4.7 4.4 (p)3.8    

Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater

 4.6 4.1 (p)3.5    

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

 5.3 5.0 (p)4.9    

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue

 4.8 5.0 5.0 (p)4.8 (p)0.0

Everett(1)

 4.8 5.0 (p)5.0    

Seattle-Bellevue-Kent(1)

 4.7 4.9 (p)4.9    

Tacoma-Lakewood(1)

 5.1 5.3 (p)5.4    

Spokane-Spokane Valley

 4.4 3.9 (p)3.5    

Walla Walla

 4.2 3.8 (p)3.6    

Wenatchee-East Wenatchee

 4.2 3.8 (p)3.2    

Yakima

 5.5 4.9 (p)4.4    

Wyoming

Casper

 2.9 2.6 (p)2.6    

Cheyenne

 3.0 2.7 (p)2.6    

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

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)
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United States

 158,472 158,892 (p)158,913 (p)159,075 (p)603 (p)0.4

Mountain Census Division

Arizona

 3,258.5 3,283.5 3,283.6 (p)3,279.5 (p)21.0 (p)0.6

Colorado

 2,963.7 2,967.9 2,971.7 (p)2,970.3 (p)6.6 (p)0.2

Idaho

 882.9 885.6 887.9 (p)890.7 (p)7.8 (p)0.9

Montana

 527.1 521.4 522.0 (p)522.1 (p)-5.0 (p)-0.9

Nevada

 1,598.7 1,608.5 1,615.0 (p)1,619.4 (p)20.7 (p)1.3

New Mexico

 892.9 896.1 901.9 (p)907.4 (p)14.5 (p)1.6

Utah

 1,773.2 1,787.5 1,787.9 (p)1,791.5 (p)18.3 (p)1.0

Wyoming

 293.4 295.0 295.3 (p)295.7 (p)2.3 (p)0.8

Pacific Census Division

Alaska

 337.4 340.2 340.8 (p)341.8 (p)4.4 (p)1.3

California

 18,038.7 18,153.5 18,137.8 (p)18,177.2 (p)138.5 (p)0.8

Hawaii

 641.7 643.2 642.9 (p)643.0 (p)1.3 (p)0.2

Oregon

 1,980.8 1,967.3 1,965.5 (p)1,964.7 (p)-16.1 (p)-0.8

Washington

 3,631.8 3,640.9 3,649.0 (p)3,647.0 (p)15.2 (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.