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	Jul 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jul 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 – May 2020	Average energy prices	News Release	Jun 2020
Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — April 2020	Consumer price indexes	News Release	May 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 - May 2020	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jun 2020
Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area – March 2020	Benefits, Pay	News Release	May 2020
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
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	Dec 2019	Jan 2020	Feb 2020	Mar 2020	Apr 2020	May 2020
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)454.3	455.0	456.3	445.9	457.4	(p)461.2
Employment(1)		(2)433.3	431.8	433.7	423.9	371.9	(p)383.3
Unemployment(1)		(2)21.1	23.2	22.6	22.0	85.4	(p)77.9
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)4.6	5.1	5.0	4.9	18.7	(p)16.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		329.5	325.0	327.3	326.8	276.5	(p)290.1
12-month % change		1.6	1.5	2.6	1.1	-15.3	(p)-11.3
Mining and Logging(4)		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(4)		25.0	24.4	25.4	25.1	16.5	(p)20.8
12-month % change		0.8	0.8	9.0	2.9	-32.9	(p)-16.8
Manufacturing(4)		17.9	17.7	17.7	17.6	15.3	(p)16.3
12-month % change		1.7	2.3	1.7	0.6	-13.1	(p)-7.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		69.9	67.6	67.0	67.1	59.3	(p)63.8
12-month % change		1.5	0.1	0.8	0.6	-11.6	(p)-5.2
Information(4)		2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	(p)2.1
12-month % change		-4.3	-4.3	0.0	0.0	-4.5	(p)-4.5
Financial Activities(4)		14.8	14.7	14.8	14.7	14.2	(p)14.3
12-month % change		2.1	1.4	1.4	0.7	-3.4	(p)-3.4
Professional and Business Services(4)		34.1	33.5	33.6	34.0	31.2	(p)32.3
12-month % change		1.8	2.8	4.0	3.0	-6.0	(p)-2.1
Education and Health Services(4)		57.1	56.9	57.8	57.8	49.6	(p)51.5
12-month % change		2.0	2.7	2.1	1.2	-13.3	(p)-10.0
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		34.7	34.0	34.6	33.7	18.7	(p)21.3
12-month % change		5.5	5.9	7.8	1.8	-46.0	(p)-37.9
Other Services(4)		14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	11.3	(p)11.6
12-month % change		1.4	-0.7	0.0	-1.4	-23.6	(p)-22.1
Government(4)		59.2	59.4	59.6	59.9	58.0	(p)55.8
12-month % change		-0.3	-0.2	0.3	0.3	-3.3	(p)-7.8
Consumer Price Index: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
CPI-U, All items(5)		279.421		282.115		280.484
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)		2.2		2.5		1.3
CPI-W, All items(6)		274.954		278.081		276.427
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)		2.0		2.6		1.5
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (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) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary