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Seattle

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Seattle Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2019
Western Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2019
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Tacoma-Lakewood — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Consumer Expenditures for the Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton Area: 2016–17 Consumer spending News Release Dec 2018
Unemployment in the Seattle Area by County - June 2016 Unemployment News Release Aug 2016
Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue – December 2018 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2019
Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — December 2018 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2019
CPI Historical Table - Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2019
CPI Historical Table - Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (old base) Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2018
CPI Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average - December 2018 Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jan 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area – September 2018 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2018
2018 CPI Geographic Revision Fact Sheet Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2018

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

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Data Series Back
Data		 July
2018		 Aug
2018		 Sept
2018		 Oct
2018		 Nov
2018		 Dec
2018

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 2,114.3 2,105.0 2,117.7 2,115.6 (p)2,128.5  

Employment(1)

 2,033.2 2,030.0 2,040.6 2,041.0 (p)2,046.0  

Unemployment(1)

 81.0 75.0 77.2 74.6 (p)82.4  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.5 (p)3.9  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,082.6 2,086.0 2,087.4 2,096.7 2,103.7 (p)2,103.1

12-month % change

 (4)3.6 (4)3.9 (4)3.7 (4)3.6 (4)3.5 (p)(4)3.3

Mining and Logging(3)

 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 (p)1.1

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

 127.1 130.5 129.4 130.8 129.9 (p)129.3

12-month % change

 4.0 5.9 4.6 4.3 4.8 (p)3.4

Manufacturing(3)

 180.9 180.6 182.3 181.4 183.3 (p)183.8

12-month % change

 1.1 1.5 2.8 3.2 4.7 (p)5.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 408.4 410.1 409.5 409.0 415.6 (p)417.8

12-month % change

 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.3 4.4 (p)4.5

Information(3)

 120.9 122.3 121.1 121.3 121.7 (p)121.7

12-month % change

 6.9 7.4 6.8 7.5 7.7 (p)7.1

Financial Activities(3)

 103.5 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.6 (p)103.3

12-month % change

 4.1 3.4 3.8 3.6 3.1 (p)2.2

Professional and Business Services(3)

 305.8 309.3 307.8 305.9 305.7 (p)304.8

12-month % change

 6.0 6.7 6.4 4.9 4.8 (p)4.9

Education and Health Services(3)

 269.8 271.1 273.5 276.5 278.5 (p)278.5

12-month % change

 3.0 2.9 2.4 2.8 2.7 (p)2.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 212.8 214.1 209.6 208.0 206.1 (p)207.6

12-month % change

 3.7 4.2 2.7 4.2 4.2 (p)2.4

Other Services(3)

 74.5 74.2 73.8 73.7 74.1 (p)74.6

12-month % change

 0.5 0.1 1.1 1.1 0.7 (p)2.1

Government(3)

 277.8 269.5 276.1 285.8 284.1 (p)280.6

12-month % change

 (4)0.2 (4)0.5 (4)0.7 (4)0.5 (4)-0.7 (p)(4)-0.6

Consumer Price Index: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

CPI-U, All items(5)

   271.625   272.805   273.293

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

     3.1   3.1   2.8

CPI-W, All items(6)

   267.757   269.719   269.470

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)

     3.2   3.3   2.7

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) Correction
(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