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 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jan 2020
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 – November 2019	Average energy prices	News Release	Dec 2019
Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — December 2019	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Jan 2020
CPI Historical Table - Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jul 2019
CPI Historical Table - Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (old base)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jul 2019
CPI Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average - December 2019	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jan 2020
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area – September 2019	Benefits, Pay	News Release	Nov 2019
2018 CPI Geographic Revision Fact Sheet	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2018
Consumer Price Index Data Tables	Consumer price indexes	Table	Feb 2019

Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Economy at a Glance:

Tacoma-Lakewood, WA

Data Series	Back Data	July 2019	Aug 2019	Sept 2019	Oct 2019	Nov 2019	Dec 2019
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		440.4	442.8	441.8	449.7	(p)454.0
Employment(1)		416.2	417.9	420.2	426.9	(p)430.9
Unemployment(1)		24.2	24.9	21.5	22.8	(p)23.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		5.5	5.6	4.9	5.1	(p)5.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		330.8	330.0	330.9	331.4	330.6	(p)330.8
12-month % change		2.4	1.9	2.3	1.7	1.7	(p)1.6
Mining and Logging(3)		0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	(p)0.3
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		27.6	28.9	27.5	27.7	26.9	(p)26.6
12-month % change		10.0	12.9	9.6	7.4	8.5	(p)5.6
Manufacturing(3)		18.1	18.2	18.3	18.1	18.1	(p)18.1
12-month % change		2.8	3.4	4.0	2.8	2.3	(p)1.7
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		68.7	68.5	68.9	68.5	70.1	(p)70.2
12-month % change		-0.1	-0.6	0.6	0.4	0.7	(p)1.0
Information(3)		2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	(p)2.6
12-month % change		4.0	4.0	4.0	-3.8	-3.8	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		14.8	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	(p)14.7
12-month % change		0.7	0.7	1.4	1.4	2.1	(p)1.4
Professional and Business Services(3)		35.4	35.7	35.1	35.4	34.2	(p)34.1
12-month % change		5.4	3.8	2.6	2.9	1.2	(p)2.4
Education and Health Services(3)		54.4	54.8	55.7	56.8	56.5	(p)56.3
12-month % change		2.3	1.7	0.5	1.6	1.3	(p)1.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		35.0	35.0	35.5	33.8	33.5	(p)34.6
12-month % change		3.6	2.9	4.4	1.5	2.1	(p)2.4
Other Services(3)		14.8	14.7	14.6	14.5	14.5	(p)14.5
12-month % change		1.4	0.7	1.4	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
Government(3)		59.1	56.6	57.7	59.1	59.3	(p)58.8
12-month % change		0.5	-1.2	1.2	0.0	0.5	(p)0.2
Consumer Price Index: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
CPI-U, All items(4)			280.286		278.682		279.421
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)			3.2		2.2		2.2
CPI-W, All items(5)			274.520		274.358		274.954
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)			2.5		1.7		2.0
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