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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > Washington > Olympia

Olympia

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Western Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Olympia-Tumwater — May 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2023
Unemployment in the Seattle Area by County - June 2016 Unemployment News Release Aug 2016
Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue – July 2023 Average energy prices News Release Aug 2023
Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — August 2023 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2023
CPI Historical Table - Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
CPI Historical Table - Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (old base) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
CPI Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average - August 2023 (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2023
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area – June 2023 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2023
2018 CPI Geographic Revision Fact Sheet Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2018
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2020
Olympia-Tumwater, WA Economy at a Glance:
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 155.6 152.7 150.5 151.2 151.3 (p)149.8

Employment(1)

 148.4 146.9 146.0 146.8 146.4 (p)143.9

Unemployment(1)

 7.2 5.7 4.5 4.4 4.9 (p)5.9

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.6 3.8 3.0 2.9 3.2 (p)3.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 131.3 132.0 132.0 132.6 131.7 (p)130.6

12-month % change

 5.0 5.4 5.0 5.3 4.5 (p)3.5

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 7.3 7.6 7.7 7.9 7.7 (p)7.8

12-month % change

 4.3 7.0 8.5 8.2 2.7 (p)2.6

Manufacturing(3)

 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 (p)3.5

12-month % change

 6.1 6.1 6.1 2.9 2.9 (p)2.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 21.0 20.9 21.0 21.1 21.0 (p)20.9

12-month % change

 5.5 6.1 5.0 7.1 5.0 (p)2.5

Professional and Business Services(3)

 15.2 15.3 15.1 14.6 14.7 (p)14.2

12-month % change

 5.6 5.5 2.7 0.7 2.8 (p)-1.4

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 10.8 11.0 11.1 11.4 11.4 (p)11.3

12-month % change

 3.8 4.8 2.8 3.6 1.8 (p)0.9

Government(3)

 42.8 42.9 42.7 43.1 42.6 (p)42.1

12-month % change

 6.5 7.3 7.3 7.2 6.2 (p)6.0

Consumer Price Index: West urban

CPI-U, All items(4)

 320.715 322.187 323.525 324.448 324.865 326.234

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

   5.1 4.9 4.5 3.5 3.5 3.9

CPI-W, All items(5)

 312.556 313.978 315.412 316.460 316.865 318.397

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   4.7 4.5 4.1 3.1 3.1 3.7

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.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary