Western Information Office

Yakima

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Yakima — May 2020	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2021
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2020

Yakima, WA Economy at a Glance:

Yakima, WA

Data Series	Back Data	Nov 2021	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Feb 2022	Mar 2022	Apr 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)128.9	(2)126.5	127.7	130.2	(p)132.2
Employment(1)		(2)121.1	(2)118.2	116.3	119.6	(p)122.5
Unemployment(1)		(2)7.8	(2)8.2	11.3	10.6	(p)9.6
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)6.1	(2)6.5	8.9	8.2	(p)7.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		86.8	86.8	85.9	87.1	87.5	(p)88.1
12-month % change		4.2	5.5	6.3	6.5	5.2	(p)4.6
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		4.3	4.2	4.1	4.2	4.2	(p)4.3
12-month % change		2.4	2.4	7.9	10.5	5.0	(p)4.9
Manufacturing(4)		8.3	8.3	8.1	8.2	8.3	(p)8.4
12-month % change		1.2	6.4	3.8	3.8	2.5	(p)6.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		20.9	20.7	20.3	20.4	20.4	(p)20.1
12-month % change		6.1	5.6	6.3	6.8	5.7	(p)3.1
Professional and Business Services(4)		4.6	4.6	4.5	4.6	4.6	(p)4.7
12-month % change		9.5	12.2	12.5	12.2	9.5	(p)6.8
Education and Health Services(4)		18.0	18.0	17.9	18.3	18.4	(p)18.5
12-month % change		0.6	-0.6	0.6	1.1	1.7	(p)1.6
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		7.7	7.6	7.5	7.7	7.9	(p)8.1
12-month % change		16.7	22.6	23.0	16.7	11.3	(p)11.0
Government(4)		17.9	17.9	17.9	18.3	18.4	(p)18.5
12-month % change		6.5	5.9	6.5	8.9	8.9	(p)7.6
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary