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Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, 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	Jun 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jun 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue — 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 — April 2025	Consumer price indexes	News Release	May 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 — April 2025 (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	May 2025
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area — March 2025	Benefits, Pay	News Release	May 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

Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA Economy at a Glance:

Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA

Data Series	Back Data	Nov 2024	Dec 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025	Mar 2025	Apr 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)1,376.3	(2)1,377.3	1,392.3	1,397.8	1,397.3	(p)1,380.3
Employment(1)		(2)1,323.5	(2)1,330.3	1,337.4	1,340.1	1,339.2	(p)1,324.8
Unemployment(1)		(2)52.8	(2)47.0	54.9	57.6	58.1	(p)55.5
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)3.8	(2)3.4	3.9	4.1	4.2	(p)4.0
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		1,501.4	1,509.1	1,489.4	1,492.0	1,494.7	(p)1,495.1
12-month % change		1.5	1.8	1.6	1.3	1.0	(p)1.0
Mining and Logging(4)		0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	(p)0.4
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	-20.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(4)		71.9	71.7	69.1	67.8	68.4	(p)68.2
12-month % change		-3.6	-3.4	-3.5	-6.0	-5.8	(p)-6.1
Manufacturing(4)		93.6	93.1	91.9	92.8	91.9	(p)92.6
12-month % change		-0.2	-0.6	-2.1	-0.7	-2.0	(p)-1.5
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		233.1	236.5	230.4	230.4	230.5	(p)229.5
12-month % change		-0.5	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.6	(p)0.3
Information(4)		129.8	131.2	130.7	131.5	129.9	(p)129.5
12-month % change		-0.2	0.5	1.6	2.0	0.5	(p)1.0
Financial Activities(4)		74.7	74.6	74.1	74.0	74.0	(p)73.6
12-month % change		1.5	1.1	1.5	1.1	1.2	(p)0.7
Professional and Business Services(4)		314.8	315.1	312.5	313.0	315.4	(p)315.7
12-month % change		0.2	0.3	0.5	0.6	1.6	(p)1.7
Education and Health Services(4)		206.2	206.0	205.0	206.1	207.3	(p)207.3
12-month % change		4.0	4.0	4.3	3.6	3.6	(p)3.4
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		136.7	139.9	136.1	134.6	136.3	(p)137.8
12-month % change		0.6	2.8	3.9	3.0	1.0	(p)1.4
Other Services(4)		47.3	48.1	48.5	48.9	49.0	(p)49.6
12-month % change		-3.3	-1.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	(p)1.2
Government(4)		192.9	192.5	190.7	192.5	191.6	(p)190.9
12-month % change		10.4	8.8	5.5	2.7	2.0	(p)1.5
Consumer Price Index: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
CPI-U, All items(5)			354.348		358.096		359.400
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)			2.7		2.5		1.7
CPI-W, All items(6)			348.575		351.165		352.704
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)			2.9		2.6		1.6
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary