Western Information Office

Tacoma-Lakewood

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	Jul 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jul 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Tacoma-Lakewood — May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2018
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 2026	Consumer price indexes	News Release	May 2026
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 — May 2026 (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jun 2026
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area — March 2026	Benefits, Pay	News Release	May 2026
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

Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Economy at a Glance:

Tacoma-Lakewood, WA

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)492.7	494.1	500.1	495.0	494.1	(p)494.3
Employment(1)		(2)465.9	462.4	469.4	468.7	467.6	(p)468.8
Unemployment(1)		(2)26.8	31.7	30.6	26.3	26.6	(p)25.5
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)5.4	6.4	6.1	5.3	5.4	(p)5.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		348.1	341.8	342.8	344.0	347.1	(p)349.4
12-month % change		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	(p)0.3
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		24.7	24.0	23.9	24.3	25.1	(p)25.9
12-month % change		-0.8	-2.0	-1.6	-0.8	0.8	(p)2.0
Manufacturing(4)		15.9	15.8	15.9	16.0	16.0	(p)16.2
12-month % change		-3.6	-1.9	-1.9	-0.6	-0.6	(p)0.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		76.3	73.9	72.8	72.7	72.9	(p)73.2
12-month % change		0.4	0.5	-0.4	-0.4	0.3	(p)0.0
Information(4)		2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.5	(p)2.6
12-month % change		4.2	8.7	8.7	13.0	8.7	(p)8.3
Financial Activities(4)		14.1	13.9	13.8	13.7	13.7	(p)13.7
12-month % change		-2.1	-2.8	-3.5	-4.9	-4.9	(p)-5.5
Professional and Business Services(4)		38.8	38.4	39.1	39.2	39.5	(p)39.7
12-month % change		-1.8	-1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	(p)0.3
Education and Health Services(4)		67.3	66.5	67.2	67.2	67.1	(p)66.9
12-month % change		2.9	3.6	2.8	2.6	1.8	(p)1.2
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		34.4	33.5	33.7	34.4	36.1	(p)36.7
12-month % change		0.3	0.6	1.5	0.9	3.7	(p)3.7
Other Services(4)		13.7	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	(p)13.6
12-month % change		3.0	1.5	1.5	0.7	-0.7	(p)-2.2
Government(4)		60.4	59.8	60.4	60.4	60.6	(p)60.9
12-month % change		-1.3	-2.4	-1.9	-1.8	-1.5	(p)-1.1
Consumer Price Index: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
CPI-U, All items(5)		365.447		372.121		377.091
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)		3.1		3.9		4.9
CPI-W, All items(6)		359.292		364.364		368.689
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)		3.1		3.8		4.5
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026. (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