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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 Oct 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Oct 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Olympia-Tumwater — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2024
Unemployment in the Seattle Area by County - June 2016 Unemployment News Release Aug 2016
Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue – September 2024 Average energy prices News Release Oct 2024
Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — August 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2024
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 - September 2024 (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Oct 2024
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area – June 2024 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2024
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)

 151.2 152.9 153.7 151.7 (p)150.3  

Employment(1)

 144.6 146.3 147.4 144.6 (p)143.4  

Unemployment(1)

 6.6 6.7 6.3 7.1 (p)6.9  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.7 (p)4.6  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 132.6 133.8 134.7 133.1 132.9 (p)133.1

12-month % change

 2.3 3.4 3.8 2.9 2.6 (p)1.8

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.1 (p)7.1

12-month % change

 -2.8 -1.4 -1.4 -1.4 -1.4 (p)-1.4

Manufacturing(3)

 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 (p)3.4

12-month % change

 -2.9 0.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 20.4 20.6 20.6 20.6 20.7 (p)20.7

12-month % change

 4.1 4.0 3.5 3.5 2.5 (p)1.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

 14.5 14.8 15.0 15.0 15.1 (p)15.1

12-month % change

 -1.4 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.7 (p)-0.7

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 11.3 11.6 11.8 11.9 11.8 (p)11.4

12-month % change

 3.7 4.5 4.4 2.6 2.6 (p)0.9

Government(3)

 44.6 44.9 44.9 44.2 44.0 (p)44.4

12-month % change

 4.7 6.1 5.2 3.8 4.5 (p)5.0

Consumer Price Index: West urban

CPI-U, All items(4)

 334.050 334.292 333.662 333.174 333.442 334.265

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

   3.7 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.2 2.1

CPI-W, All items(5)

 326.135 326.110 325.134 324.601 324.943 325.985

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

   3.9 3.4 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.9

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