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	Dec 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West	Consumer price indexes	Table	Dec 2023
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 – September 2023	Average energy prices	News Release	Oct 2023
Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — August 2023	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Sep 2023
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 - September 2023 (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Oct 2023
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area – June 2023	Benefits, Pay	News Release	Aug 2023
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	May 2023	June 2023	July 2023	Aug 2023	Sept 2023	Oct 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		453.1	455.8	458.9	455.9	455.9	(p)465.4
Employment(1)		437.3	440.5	442.1	435.8	438.1	(p)445.0
Unemployment(1)		15.7	15.2	16.8	20.1	17.8	(p)20.5
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.5	3.3	3.7	4.4	3.9	(p)4.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		341.9	343.0	344.4	342.4	343.2	(p)344.7
12-month % change		2.1	2.3	2.6	2.0	2.0	(p)1.9
Mining and Logging(3)		0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	(p)0.4
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		27.4	27.8	28.8	29.9	29.3	(p)28.5
12-month % change		3.8	3.3	5.5	8.7	6.9	(p)1.8
Manufacturing(3)		16.7	16.7	16.8	16.9	16.8	(p)16.8
12-month % change		-2.3	-1.8	-1.2	-0.6	-0.6	(p)0.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		70.9	71.0	71.1	71.4	71.5	(p)71.7
12-month % change		-1.1	-0.4	-1.1	-0.8	-0.3	(p)-1.0
Information(3)		1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	(p)1.8
12-month % change		-5.3	-5.3	-5.3	-5.3	-5.3	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		14.5	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	(p)14.4
12-month % change		0.0	0.7	0.0	-0.7	0.0	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		38.7	38.3	38.7	38.0	38.6	(p)39.2
12-month % change		-0.5	-2.3	-0.3	-2.8	-2.5	(p)0.3
Education and Health Services(3)		64.7	64.9	64.6	63.9	64.8	(p)66.0
12-month % change		9.5	11.7	11.2	9.8	8.4	(p)8.0
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		34.7	34.9	35.6	35.3	34.3	(p)33.9
12-month % change		2.7	0.9	1.4	0.0	-2.0	(p)-1.5
Other Services(3)		13.3	13.4	13.3	13.2	13.1	(p)13.1
12-month % change		1.5	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Government(3)		58.8	59.4	58.8	57.1	58.1	(p)58.9
12-month % change		1.2	2.1	2.1	1.2	3.4	(p)3.7
Consumer Price Index: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
CPI-U, All items(4)			341.734		344.449		345.992
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)			4.6		5.4		4.8
CPI-W, All items(5)			336.135		339.034		340.263
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)			4.5		5.1		4.4
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