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Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentAverage energy pricesConsumer price indexesBenefitsPay
Western Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West	Consumer price indexes	Table	Dec 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 — August 2025	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Sep 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 — November 2025 (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Dec 2025
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area — September 2025	Benefits, Pay	News Release	Dec 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

Data Series	Back Data	June 2025	July 2025	Aug 2025	Sept 2025	Oct 2025	Nov 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		141.0	140.5	142.2	144.8
Employment(1)		136.0	134.3	135.8	139.2
Unemployment(1)		5.0	6.2	6.4	5.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.5	4.4	4.5	3.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		134.7	133.0	132.7	(p)132.5
12-month % change		1.2	1.0	0.5	(p)-0.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		6.8	6.8	6.8	(p)6.7
12-month % change		0.0	-1.4	-2.9	(p)-2.9
Manufacturing(3)		3.3	3.3	3.3	(p)3.3
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		21.0	21.0	21.0	(p)20.9
12-month % change		4.0	4.0	1.9	(p)-0.9
Information(3)		1.7	1.7	1.7	(p)1.7
12-month % change		0.0	6.3	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		4.3	4.3	4.3	(p)4.3
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		14.9	14.9	14.9	(p)15.0
12-month % change		0.0	-0.7	-0.7	(p)-0.7
Education and Health Services(3)		20.7	20.1	20.2	(p)20.4
12-month % change		2.5	3.6	4.1	(p)0.0
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		11.9	11.9	11.8	(p)11.5
12-month % change		0.8	0.8	0.9	(p)0.0
Other Services(3)		5.1	5.2	5.2	(p)5.1
12-month % change		2.0	6.1	6.1	(p)2.0
Government(3)		45.0	43.8	43.5	(p)43.6
12-month % change		0.2	-1.1	-1.4	(p)-1.1
Consumer Price Index: West urban
CPI-U, All items(4)		342.613	343.234	344.096	345.294	(5)-	344.339
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)		2.7	3.0	3.2	3.3		3.0
CPI-W, All items(6)		334.121	334.465	335.407	336.756		335.799
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)		2.8	3.0	3.2	3.3		3.1
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) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations (6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary