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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > Washington > Seattle

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 Jul 2020
Western Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jul 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue — May 2019 Employment, Pay News Release May 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Tacoma-Lakewood — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Consumer Expenditures for the Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton Area: 2017–18 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2019
Unemployment in the Seattle Area by County - June 2016 Unemployment News Release Aug 2016
Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue – May 2020 Average energy prices News Release Jun 2020
Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — April 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release May 2020
CPI Historical Table - Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
CPI Historical Table - Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (old base) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
CPI Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average - May 2020 Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jun 2020
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area – March 2020 Benefits, Pay News Release May 2020
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
Consumer Price Index Data Tables Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019

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

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Data Series Back
Data		 Dec
2019		 Jan
2020		 Feb
2020		 Mar
2020		 Apr
2020		 May
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)2,180.0 2,201.7 2,212.7 2,165.1 2,168.1 (p)2,165.1

Employment(1)

 (2)2,115.0 2,129.7 2,145.8 2,046.2 1,808.1 (p)1,834.9

Unemployment(1)

 (2)64.9 72.0 66.9 119.0 360.1 (p)330.2

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)3.0 3.3 3.0 5.5 16.6 (p)15.2

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 2,119.6 2,099.1 2,099.5 2,086.0 1,780.7 (p)1,843.0

12-month % change

 2.4 2.3 2.9 1.0 -14.1 (p)-11.8

Mining and Logging(4)

 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 (p)1.0

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -9.1 (p)-9.1

Construction(4)

 130.7 128.3 131.6 133.2 81.5 (p)114.4

12-month % change

 1.8 2.8 8.8 5.4 -35.8 (p)-11.2

Manufacturing(4)

 185.5 184.0 183.3 183.4 168.3 (p)171.2

12-month % change

 1.5 0.8 0.4 -0.4 -8.5 (p)-7.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 410.5 399.5 394.6 393.6 356.9 (p)359.2

12-month % change

 2.8 1.5 1.6 0.8 -8.6 (p)-8.8

Information(4)

 130.3 131.1 131.5 131.5 129.4 (p)126.9

12-month % change

 6.6 7.0 6.6 5.5 4.3 (p)1.0

Financial Activities(4)

 103.3 102.3 102.2 101.4 98.3 (p)99.8

12-month % change

 2.0 1.3 0.6 -0.5 -3.7 (p)-3.0

Professional and Business Services(4)

 305.3 301.3 303.4 303.6 280.7 (p)287.0

12-month % change

 1.9 2.5 3.7 2.6 -6.1 (p)-4.2

Education and Health Services(4)

 285.8 285.0 286.2 285.8 246.3 (p)252.1

12-month % change

 1.6 2.0 2.1 0.8 -13.2 (p)-11.4

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 212.2 208.2 207.4 195.6 89.7 (p)108.6

12-month % change

 3.5 3.9 4.9 -3.6 -56.7 (p)-48.4

Other Services(4)

 78.5 77.5 77.2 74.9 57.1 (p)58.2

12-month % change

 5.4 1.0 1.6 -3.4 -26.8 (p)-25.9

Government(4)

 276.4 280.8 281.0 281.9 271.5 (p)264.6

12-month % change

 0.7 1.9 2.1 2.1 -2.1 (p)-5.3

Consumer Price Index: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

CPI-U, All items(5)

 279.421   282.115   280.484  

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

   2.2   2.5   1.3  

CPI-W, All items(6)

 274.954   278.081   276.427  

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

   2.0   2.6   1.5  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020.
(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