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
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2011

 1,630.1 1,638.0 1,643.1 1,658.3 1,668.2 1,678.2 1,675.6 1,668.6 1,669.4 1,682.6 1,692.4 1,688.4 1,666.1

2012

 1,665.4 1,672.9 1,683.5 1,694.3 1,707.7 1,725.7 1,725.2 (P) 1,716.6          

Mining & Logging

  

2011

 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0

2012

 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 (P) 0.9          

Construction

  

2011

 75.5 75.3 75.5 76.6 78.3 80.3 84.9 86.1 84.5 83.1 81.5 79.6 80.1

2012

 76.6 78.8 79.7 82.2 83.1 85.2 88.0 (P) 91.1          

Manufacturing

  

2011

 168.3 169.6 170.4 171.8 172.4 174.6 176.1 176.9 178.7 179.4 180.2 181.8 175.0

2012

 181.3 181.4 182.1 183.5 185.0 188.0 190.3 (P) 190.7          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2011

 301.6 300.5 301.3 302.4 305.1 308.1 309.0 310.0 308.5 310.5 316.6 317.3 307.6

2012

 308.2 306.4 307.3 307.8 312.4 316.8 318.9 (P) 318.0          

Information

  

2011

 87.2 88.0 87.7 87.7 87.9 89.0 88.2 90.4 89.0 88.3 88.4 88.4 88.4

2012

 87.3 87.4 87.2 86.8 87.0 88.8 89.2 (P) 89.4          

Financial Activities

  

2011

 88.8 88.9 88.9 89.3 89.3 89.5 90.3 89.6 89.3 88.7 88.8 88.2 89.1

2012

 87.6 87.3 88.3 88.8 89.3 89.7 90.7 (P) 90.7          

Professional & Business Services

  

2011

 220.3 222.5 223.9 228.6 228.4 229.8 231.6 231.3 231.0 230.4 231.3 230.5 228.3

2012

 226.7 228.5 231.0 233.2 235.2 239.4 236.9 (P) 237.8          

Educational & Health Services

  

2011

 210.8 213.3 214.1 214.4 214.4 212.8 208.8 207.2 209.4 216.0 217.7 218.7 213.1

2012

 217.5 219.6 219.9 219.7 220.7 218.4 215.8 (P) 214.9          

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2011

 150.7 151.2 152.4 157.4 160.3 163.9 165.2 166.5 162.9 160.0 160.0 160.6 159.3

2012

 156.8 158.1 160.3 163.1 164.7 170.5 171.6 (P) 172.5          

Other Services

  

2011

 63.0 63.3 63.6 64.4 64.9 65.9 64.8 64.7 63.7 63.5 63.0 63.3 64.0

2012

 61.9 62.9 63.5 63.9 64.5 65.1 66.9 (P) 66.6          

Government

  

2011

 262.9 264.4 264.3 264.7 266.2 263.3 255.7 244.9 251.4 261.7 263.9 259.1 260.2

2012

 260.6 261.6 263.3 264.4 264.9 262.9 255.9 (P) 244.0          

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2011

 (1) 1,873,169 (1) 1,880,772 (1) 1,881,030 (1) 1,868,357 (1) 1,876,042 (1) 1,879,107 (1) 1,873,078 (1) 1,868,262 (1) 1,883,500 (1) 1,883,669 (1) 1,884,781 (1) 1,886,179 (1) 1,878,162

2012

 1,880,576 1,889,208 1,893,747 1,892,539 1,900,986 1,911,755 (P) 1,902,517            

Employment

  

2011

 (1) 1,693,604 (1) 1,700,089 (1) 1,708,771 (1) 1,709,894 (1) 1,713,633 (1) 1,706,705 (1) 1,707,033 (1) 1,711,176 (1) 1,724,651 (1) 1,727,968 (1) 1,734,758 (1) 1,740,699 (1) 1,714,915

2012

 1,727,605 1,732,334 1,743,630 1,761,439 1,756,991 1,763,070 (P) 1,745,416            

Unemployment

  

2011

 (1) 179,565 (1) 180,683 (1) 172,259 (1) 158,463 (1) 162,409 (1) 172,402 (1) 166,045 (1) 157,086 (1) 158,849 (1) 155,701 (1) 150,023 (1) 145,480 (1) 163,247

2012

 152,971 156,874 150,117 131,100 143,995 148,685 (P) 157,101            

Unemployment Rate

  

2011

 (1) 9.6 (1) 9.6 (1) 9.2 (1) 8.5 (1) 8.7 (1) 9.2 (1) 8.9 (1) 8.4 (1) 8.4 (1) 8.3 (1) 8.0 (1) 7.7 (1) 8.7

2012

 8.1 8.3 7.9 6.9 7.6 7.8 (P) 8.3            

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals.
(P) Preliminary