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Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data
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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
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Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. Metropolitan Statistical Area |
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Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
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2008 |
1,738.9 |
1,751.4 |
1,752.2 |
1,757.5 |
1,767.4 |
1,775.4 |
1,770.3 |
1,766.0 |
1,768.5 |
1,739.5 |
1,761.1 |
1,741.2 |
1,757.5 |
2009 |
1,703.9 |
1,702.4 |
1,690.6 |
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Mining & Logging |
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2008 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
2009 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
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Construction |
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2008 |
120.0 |
120.2 |
120.7 |
120.7 |
121.7 |
122.5 |
123.8 |
124.1 |
122.2 |
118.9 |
115.8 |
112.3 |
120.2 |
2009 |
106.8 |
106.5 |
105.2 |
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Manufacturing |
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2008 |
189.6 |
191.2 |
189.7 |
188.9 |
189.7 |
190.1 |
190.6 |
191.2 |
189.9 |
164.5 |
186.3 |
184.2 |
187.2 |
2009 |
182.2 |
180.1 |
178.5 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2008 |
326.5 |
324.4 |
324.2 |
323.7 |
324.6 |
326.0 |
327.6 |
328.6 |
325.4 |
325.2 |
326.3 |
325.6 |
325.7 |
2009 |
314.9 |
310.9 |
306.7 |
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Information |
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2008 |
85.9 |
87.0 |
87.2 |
87.5 |
88.0 |
89.1 |
90.4 |
91.2 |
90.2 |
89.7 |
89.6 |
89.8 |
88.8 |
2009 |
88.1 |
88.3 |
88.0 |
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Financial Activities |
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2008 |
102.9 |
102.9 |
102.8 |
102.3 |
102.9 |
102.7 |
102.2 |
102.2 |
101.1 |
101.1 |
101.1 |
100.3 |
102.0 |
2009 |
100.3 |
100.2 |
97.1 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2008 |
237.5 |
239.5 |
240.5 |
243.2 |
244.3 |
244.9 |
245.6 |
245.3 |
244.8 |
242.6 |
239.9 |
237.0 |
242.1 |
2009 |
228.3 |
226.4 |
223.2 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2008 |
195.3 |
198.4 |
198.6 |
199.6 |
200.8 |
199.4 |
196.2 |
197.0 |
200.2 |
203.6 |
204.0 |
201.4 |
199.5 |
2009 |
199.0 |
201.2 |
201.0 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2008 |
159.3 |
160.0 |
161.9 |
164.4 |
166.0 |
169.7 |
170.3 |
171.6 |
171.6 |
164.2 |
162.4 |
163.4 |
165.4 |
2009 |
156.9 |
158.1 |
159.6 |
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Other Services |
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2008 |
62.7 |
63.3 |
63.9 |
64.2 |
64.8 |
65.0 |
65.6 |
65.6 |
65.3 |
64.1 |
63.9 |
64.4 |
64.4 |
2009 |
62.9 |
63.8 |
64.4 |
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Government |
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2008 |
257.9 |
263.1 |
261.3 |
261.6 |
263.2 |
264.6 |
256.6 |
247.8 |
256.4 |
264.3 |
270.5 |
261.5 |
260.7 |
2009 |
263.2 |
265.6 |
265.6 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
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Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Labor Force |
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2008 |
1,846,394 |
1,843,760 |
1,850,079 |
1,844,199 |
1,850,456 |
1,851,648 |
1,860,097 |
1,852,993 |
1,857,725 |
1,862,456 |
1,870,233 |
1,877,183 |
1,855,602 |
2009 |
1,870,600 |
1,900,065 |
1,896,345 |
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Employment |
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2008 |
1,769,710 |
1,763,934 |
1,769,981 |
1,774,250 |
1,767,930 |
1,766,136 |
1,775,545 |
1,766,105 |
1,766,972 |
1,763,281 |
1,763,185 |
1,759,936 |
1,767,247 |
2009 |
1,731,108 |
1,738,433 |
1,728,439 |
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Unemployment |
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2008 |
76,684 |
79,826 |
80,098 |
69,949 |
82,526 |
85,512 |
84,552 |
86,888 |
90,753 |
99,175 |
107,048 |
117,247 |
88,355 |
2009 |
139,492 |
161,632 |
167,906 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2008 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
3.8 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.5 |
4.7 |
4.9 |
5.3 |
5.7 |
6.2 |
4.8 |
2009 |
7.5 |
8.5 |
8.9 |
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