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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 |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
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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 |
1,716.6 |
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Mining & Logging |
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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 |
0.9 |
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Construction |
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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 |
91.1 |
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Manufacturing |
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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 |
190.7 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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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 |
318.0 |
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Information |
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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 |
89.4 |
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Financial Activities |
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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 |
90.7 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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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 |
237.8 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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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 |
214.9 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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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 |
172.5 |
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Other Services |
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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 |
66.6 |
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Government |
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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 |
244.0 |
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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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2011 |
1,873,169 |
1,880,772 |
1,881,030 |
1,868,357 |
1,876,042 |
1,879,107 |
1,873,078 |
1,868,262 |
1,883,500 |
1,883,669 |
1,884,781 |
1,886,179 |
1,878,162 |
2012 |
1,880,576 |
1,889,208 |
1,893,747 |
1,892,539 |
1,900,986 |
1,911,755 |
1,902,517 |
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Employment |
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2011 |
1,693,604 |
1,700,089 |
1,708,771 |
1,709,894 |
1,713,633 |
1,706,705 |
1,707,033 |
1,711,176 |
1,724,651 |
1,727,968 |
1,734,758 |
1,740,699 |
1,714,915 |
2012 |
1,727,605 |
1,732,334 |
1,743,630 |
1,761,439 |
1,756,991 |
1,763,070 |
1,745,416 |
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Unemployment |
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2011 |
179,565 |
180,683 |
172,259 |
158,463 |
162,409 |
172,402 |
166,045 |
157,086 |
158,849 |
155,701 |
150,023 |
145,480 |
163,247 |
2012 |
152,971 |
156,874 |
150,117 |
131,100 |
143,995 |
148,685 |
157,101 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2011 |
9.6 |
9.6 |
9.2 |
8.5 |
8.7 |
9.2 |
8.9 |
8.4 |
8.4 |
8.3 |
8.0 |
7.7 |
8.7 |
2012 |
8.1 |
8.3 |
7.9 |
6.9 |
7.6 |
7.8 |
8.3 |
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