West Region

West Region - Monthly Data
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Data		 Oct
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2009

Labor Force Data

  

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 (5) 36,248.0 (5) 36,324.1 (5) 36,409.2 36,278.3 36,347.7 36,306.2

Employment (1)

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 (5) 33,711.5 (5) 33,704.5 (5) 33,698.6 33,127.5 33,009.3 32,759.6

Unemployment (1)

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 (5) 2,536.5 (5) 2,619.6 (5) 2,710.6 3,150.7 3,338.4 3,546.7

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 (5) 7.0 (5) 7.2 (5) 7.4 8.7 9.2 9.8

Consumer Price Index

  

CPI-U, All items (3)

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 221.034 217.113 214.685 215.923 217.095 217.357

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change

  

3.3 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 -0.5

CPI-W, All items (4)

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 215.499 210.870 208.088 209.367 210.492 210.661

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change

  

3.5 0.6 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 -1.2

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) All Urban Consumers, Base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal factors.
West Region - Quarterly Data
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Data		 1st Qtr
2008		 2nd Qtr
2008		 3rd Qtr
2008		 4th Qtr
2008		 1st Qtr
2009

Employment Cost Index, Private Industry

  

Total Compensation (1)

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 107.8 108.4 109.3 109.4 109.9

Compensation, 12-month % change
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 3.5 3.3 3.4 2.7 1.9

Wages & Salaries (1)

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 108.3 108.9 109.9 110.1 110.5

Wages & Salaries, 12-month % change
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 3.3 3.3 3.5 2.9 2.0

Footnotes
(1) Private industry workers, Base: December 2005=100, quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted.

Data extracted on: May 01, 2009

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

Employment & Unemployment

Prices & Living Conditions

Compensation & Working Conditions