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	Jan 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jan 2025
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 – October 2024	Average energy prices	News Release	Nov 2024
Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — October 2024	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Nov 2024
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 - October 2024 (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Nov 2024
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area — September 2024	Benefits, Pay	News Release	Nov 2024
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	June 2024	July 2024	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		463.1	460.3	455.3	446.7	446.8	(p)442.6
Employment(1)		441.1	435.7	430.9	426.8	425.4	(p)419.9
Unemployment(1)		22.0	24.6	24.3	20.0	21.4	(p)22.7
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.7	5.3	5.3	4.5	4.8	(p)5.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		350.7	349.2	347.9	347.5	348.8	(p)348.5
12-month % change		2.0	2.5	2.2	1.7	0.9	(p)0.3
Mining and Logging(3)		0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	(p)0.3
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	-25.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		26.8	26.9	27.2	27.3	27.0	(p)26.0
12-month % change		1.5	1.9	2.3	3.0	4.2	(p)2.0
Manufacturing(3)		17.1	17.1	17.2	17.2	17.1	(p)17.2
12-month % change		0.6	1.8	1.8	1.2	1.2	(p)2.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		72.7	72.8	72.5	72.5	72.9	(p)73.7
12-month % change		0.3	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.6	(p)-0.5
Information(3)		2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	(p)2.0
12-month % change		-4.8	-4.8	-4.8	0.0	-4.8	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		14.6	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.6	(p)14.6
12-month % change		0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	(p)0.7
Professional and Business Services(3)		39.1	38.4	38.0	38.2	38.5	(p)38.1
12-month % change		-3.0	-2.0	-3.6	-4.3	-5.6	(p)-7.5
Education and Health Services(3)		65.7	65.3	65.9	65.9	67.7	(p)68.2
12-month % change		8.2	8.7	9.1	6.5	6.4	(p)6.9
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		37.1	37.3	37.1	36.5	34.1	(p)33.8
12-month % change		1.4	1.4	-0.5	-0.8	-6.1	(p)-5.6
Other Services(3)		14.3	14.2	14.2	14.1	13.9	(p)13.8
12-month % change		5.1	3.6	3.6	4.4	1.5	(p)2.2
Government(3)		61.0	60.3	58.9	59.0	60.7	(p)60.8
12-month % change		2.0	2.6	2.8	2.3	2.9	(p)1.7
Consumer Price Index: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
CPI-U, All items(4)		354.824		355.179		356.212
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)		3.8		3.1		3.0
CPI-W, All items(5)		348.323		349.156		349.417
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)		3.6		3.0		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) 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