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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 Nov 2021
Western Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Nov 2021
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue — May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Tacoma-Lakewood — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Consumer Expenditures for the Seattle Area: 2018–19 Consumer spending News Release Dec 2020
Unemployment in the Seattle Area by County - June 2016 Unemployment News Release Aug 2016
Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue – September 2021 Average energy prices News Release Oct 2021
Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — August 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2021
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 - September 2021 Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Oct 2021
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area – September 2021 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2021
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-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Economy at a Glance:

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Data Series Back
Data		 May
2021		 June
2021		 July
2021		 Aug
2021		 Sept
2021		 Oct
2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 2,174.8 2,180.2 2,210.1 2,213.4 (p)2,210.2  

Employment(1)

 2,068.0 2,063.6 2,094.2 2,102.2 (p)2,112.7  

Unemployment(1)

 106.8 116.5 115.8 111.2 (p)97.6  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.9 5.3 5.2 5.0 (p)4.4  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,004.3 2,033.0 2,048.0 2,054.2 2,061.2 (p)2,070.1

12-month % change

 7.3 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.3 (p)5.6

Mining and Logging(3)

 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 (p)1.1

12-month % change

 10.0 10.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

 134.0 135.5 137.0 136.0 136.2 (p)134.7

12-month % change

 13.8 10.1 9.0 6.7 6.7 (p)3.6

Manufacturing(3)

 155.9 156.0 157.8 159.2 160.5 (p)161.2

12-month % change

 -6.9 -8.3 -5.2 -2.6 -0.9 (p)2.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 398.4 404.5 404.9 405.5 404.7 (p)407.9

12-month % change

 9.9 7.0 4.5 3.4 2.6 (p)3.1

Information(3)

 138.0 140.0 141.6 142.3 144.5 (p)143.8

12-month % change

 4.2 4.8 5.9 5.3 6.3 (p)6.8

Financial Activities(3)

 101.1 102.0 103.6 104.5 103.3 (p)103.7

12-month % change

 2.1 2.9 4.1 4.4 3.3 (p)3.5

Professional and Business Services(3)

 303.7 309.4 312.4 318.5 316.0 (p)318.0

12-month % change

 6.8 7.4 7.9 9.6 8.0 (p)7.7

Education and Health Services(3)

 280.3 281.1 280.7 279.6 281.3 (p)283.0

12-month % change

 8.4 6.2 6.1 5.6 3.9 (p)2.9

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 155.9 165.8 174.2 177.1 180.2 (p)176.8

12-month % change

 29.9 23.7 24.3 24.3 25.1 (p)24.2

Other Services(3)

 71.7 72.5 74.4 74.2 73.9 (p)73.7

12-month % change

 12.6 8.2 8.3 6.9 6.2 (p)4.8

Government(3)

 264.2 265.1 260.3 256.2 259.5 (p)266.2

12-month % change

 1.3 0.5 0.4 -0.9 -0.3 (p)3.0

Consumer Price Index: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

CPI-U, All items(4)

   296.573   299.704   303.099

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

     5.5   5.2   6.5

CPI-W, All items(5)

   293.607   295.410   297.873

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

     6.3   5.1   6.3

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