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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > Washington > Tacoma-Lakewood

Tacoma-Lakewood

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Western Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Mar 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 — December 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 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 — January 2026 (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2026
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area — December 2025 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 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		 Sept
2025		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025		 Jan
2026		 Feb
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 491.4 (2)- 496.0 (p)493.0    

Employment(1)

 466.0 (2)- 468.9 (p)465.9    

Unemployment(1)

 25.5 (2)- 27.1 (p)27.1    

Unemployment Rate(3)

 5.2 (2)- 5.5 (p)5.5    

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 349.0 350.7 350.5 (p)350.2    

12-month % change

 0.8 0.9 1.0 (p)0.2    

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 25.7 25.8 24.7 (p)24.4    

12-month % change

 -2.3 -0.8 -1.6 (p)-2.4    

Manufacturing(4)

 16.6 16.6 16.5 (p)16.5    

12-month % change

 -1.2 0.0 -0.6 (p)0.0    

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 71.4 71.8 73.1 (p)73.6    

12-month % change

 -0.3 -0.3 0.7 (p)0.1    

Information(4)

 2.1 2.1 2.1 (p)2.2    

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)4.8    

Financial Activities(4)

 14.6 14.6 14.6 (p)14.6    

12-month % change

 -0.7 -1.4 -1.4 (p)-1.4    

Professional and Business Services(4)

 39.5 40.3 39.5 (p)39.3    

12-month % change

 -1.7 -0.5 -1.0 (p)-3.7    

Education and Health Services(4)

 67.9 69.6 70.0 (p)69.6    

12-month % change

 4.6 4.0 3.4 (p)3.1    

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 38.0 35.7 35.3 (p)35.7    

12-month % change

 3.3 4.4 4.4 (p)2.6    

Other Services(4)

 13.7 13.6 13.5 (p)13.5    

12-month % change

 1.5 2.3 2.3 (p)2.3    

Government(4)

 59.5 60.6 61.2 (p)60.8    

12-month % change

 0.3 -0.7 -0.3 (p)-0.7    

Consumer Price Index: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

CPI-U, All items(5)

   (6)-   365.447   372.121

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

         3.1   3.9

CPI-W, All items(7)

   (6)-   359.292   364.364

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(7)

         3.1   3.8

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(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) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations
(7) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary