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Tacoma-Lakewood

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

CPI Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average — August 2026 (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2026
Seattle Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Sep 2026
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2020
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
2018 CPI Geographic Revision Fact Sheet	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2018
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West	Consumer price indexes	Table	Sep 2026
Western Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — August 2026	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Sep 2026
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area — June 2026	Pay, Benefits	News Release	Aug 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue — May 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2026
Consumer Expenditures in the Seattle Metropolitan Area — 2023–24	Consumer spending	News Release	Jan 2026

Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Economy at a Glance:

Tacoma-Lakewood, WA
Data Series	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	495.0	494.1	494.2	486.0	487.4	(p)488.9
Employment(1)	468.7	467.6	468.8	460.1	461.0	(p)463.8
Unemployment(1)	26.3	26.6	25.4	25.9	26.4	(p)25.1
Unemployment Rate(2)	5.3	5.4	5.1	5.3	5.4	(p)5.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	344.0	347.1	349.2	349.6	349.9	(p)348.7
12-month % change	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.0	(p)1.0
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)	24.3	25.1	25.8	26.1	26.1	(p)26.9
12-month % change	-0.8	0.8	1.6	1.2	0.4	(p)3.1
Manufacturing(3)	16.0	16.0	16.2	16.2	16.5	(p)16.4
12-month % change	-0.6	-0.6	0.6	0.6	3.1	(p)2.5
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	72.7	72.9	73.1	73.6	73.7	(p)73.6
12-month % change	-0.4	0.3	-0.1	0.5	0.7	(p)1.1
Information(3)	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	(p)2.6
12-month % change	13.0	8.7	4.2	8.3	8.3	(p)8.3
Financial Activities(3)	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.7	(p)13.7
12-month % change	-4.9	-4.9	-5.5	-4.2	-5.5	(p)-4.9
Professional and Business Services(3)	39.2	39.5	39.7	39.4	39.4	(p)39.1
12-month % change	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	(p)-0.5
Education and Health Services(3)	67.2	67.1	66.9	65.9	66.2	(p)66.6
12-month % change	2.6	1.8	1.2	1.2	2.3	(p)2.8
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	34.4	36.1	36.8	37.5	38.2	(p)38.1
12-month % change	0.9	3.7	4.0	4.5	7.3	(p)5.0
Other Services(3)	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.8	(p)14.0
12-month % change	0.7	-0.7	-2.2	-2.8	-2.8	(p)-1.4
Government(3)	60.4	60.6	60.9	60.8	59.7	(p)57.7
12-month % change	-1.8	-1.5	-1.1	-1.6	-1.8	(p)-2.2
Consumer Price Index: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
CPI-U, All items(4)		377.091		380.849		381.123
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)		4.9		4.5		4.4
CPI-W, All items(5)		368.689		371.339		372.239
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)		4.5		3.8		3.3
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

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