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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > Washington > Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA

Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA

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 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release May 2025
Unemployment in the Seattle Area by County - June 2016 Unemployment News Release Aug 2016
Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue – December 2024 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2025
Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — June 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Jul 2025
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 — July 2025 (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Aug 2025
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area — June 2025 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2025
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-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Economy at a Glance:
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 142.4 142.4 139.3 141.0 (p)140.3  

Employment(1)

 136.4 137.1 133.5 136.0 (p)134.1  

Unemployment(1)

 6.0 5.3 5.8 5.0 (p)6.2  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.2 3.7 4.2 3.5 (p)4.5  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 134.0 134.1 134.3 134.7 (p)132.9  

12-month % change

 2.1 2.1 1.4 1.2 (p)0.9  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 6.5 6.5 6.7 6.8 (p)6.9  

12-month % change

 -1.5 -1.5 -1.5 0.0 (p)0.0  

Manufacturing(3)

 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 (p)3.3  

12-month % change

 -3.0 0.0 3.1 0.0 (p)0.0  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 20.9 20.8 20.9 21.0 (p)21.1  

12-month % change

 5.6 4.5 3.5 4.0 (p)4.5  

Information(3)

 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 (p)1.7  

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)6.3  

Financial Activities(3)

 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 (p)4.3  

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 15.0 15.0 15.0 14.9 (p)14.9  

12-month % change

 1.4 2.0 1.4 0.0 (p)-0.7  

Education and Health Services(3)

 20.7 20.7 20.7 20.7 (p)19.6  

12-month % change

 2.5 2.0 2.0 2.5 (p)1.0  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 11.2 11.4 11.6 11.9 (p)12.0  

12-month % change

 1.8 1.8 0.9 0.8 (p)1.7  

Other Services(3)

 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.1 (p)5.2  

12-month % change

 -2.0 0.0 4.1 2.0 (p)6.1  

Government(3)

 45.5 45.5 45.0 45.0 (p)43.9  

12-month % change

 2.2 2.5 0.4 0.2 (p)-0.9  

Consumer Price Index: West urban

CPI-U, All items(4)

 339.627 341.159 342.343 342.613 343.234 344.096

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

   2.2 2.1 2.4 2.7 3.0 3.2

CPI-W, All items(5)

 331.207 332.876 333.912 334.121 334.465 335.407

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

   2.1 2.1 2.4 2.8 3.0 3.2

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