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2012

Labor Force Data

  

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 3,503.8 3,512.6 3,521.5 3,526.1 3,517.9 (P) 3,497.1

Employment (1)

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 3,213.0 3,225.8 3,228.6 3,232.3 3,219.1 (P) 3,195.4

Unemployment (1)

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 290.8 286.9 292.9 293.9 298.8 (P) 301.7

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 8.3 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.5 (P) 8.6

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

  

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 2,852.0 2,856.6 2,865.3 2,871.9 2,880.2 (P) 2,871.4

12-month % change
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 1.6 1.5 1.7 2.0 1.9 (P) 1.5

Mining and Logging (3)

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 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 (P) 5.7

12-month % change
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 -4.9 -3.3 -5.0 -3.4 -3.4 (P) -3.4

Construction (3)

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 140.1 139.7 138.4 139.9 138.9 (P) 140.4

12-month % change
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 2.7 1.8 1.2 3.2 0.8 (P) 1.9

Manufacturing (3)

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 279.4 281.7 282.6 285.0 286.4 (P) 288.1

12-month % change
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 5.6 5.9 5.9 6.5 6.5 (P) 5.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 535.5 534.6 539.2 542.1 544.4 (P) 539.7

12-month % change
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 2.6 2.4 3.1 3.7 3.1 (P) 2.3

Information (3)

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 103.0 102.5 102.9 103.5 103.4 (P) 103.3

12-month % change
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 -0.6 -1.5 -0.9 -0.1 0.7 (P) -0.7

Financial Activities (3)

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 136.4 136.8 137.7 138.1 138.9 (P) 140.1

12-month % change
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 -0.9 -0.9 0.1 0.4 0.2 (P) 2.1

Professional & Business Services (3)

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 341.1 343.6 346.6 351.2 346.8 (P) 345.6

12-month % change
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 1.6 1.1 2.1 3.8 2.0 (P) 1.9

Education & Health Services (3)

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 388.7 388.5 389.1 388.5 390.8 (P) 390.2

12-month % change
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 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.3 (P) 2.0

Leisure & Hospitality (3)

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 279.1 279.1 279.1 280.0 279.3 (P) 276.1

12-month % change
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 4.1 3.3 3.0 3.3 2.5 (P) 1.4

Other Services (3)

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 105.4 106.3 107.4 105.9 107.8 (P) 107.9

12-month % change
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 -1.3 -1.6 -0.7 -2.1 1.6 (P) 1.3

Government (3)

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 537.5 538.0 536.6 532.0 537.8 (P) 534.3

12-month % change
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 -1.5 -1.2 -1.5 -2.2 -1.1 (P) -1.6

Mass layoffs

  

Layoff events, all industries (4)

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 19 26 8 20 8 11

Initial claimants, all industries (4)

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 1,546 2,301 736 2,064 711 1,261

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) See About the data.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: September 27, 2012

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Washington includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

 

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Employment & Unemployment

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