Table Data - Employed Persons in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (MSA)

Title Employed Persons in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT534266000000005A
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1994-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-03-21 2:08 PM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

For more details, see the release's frequently asked questions.
DATE VALUE
1994-01-01 1404415
1995-01-01 1424675
1996-01-01 1472370
1997-01-01 1551912
1998-01-01 1601498
1999-01-01 1611512
2000-01-01 1601551
2001-01-01 1587969
2002-01-01 1553779
2003-01-01 1571219
2004-01-01 1604870
2005-01-01 1648580
2006-01-01 1708128
2007-01-01 1747969
2008-01-01 1776269
2009-01-01 1725301
2010-01-01 1681838
2011-01-01 1706644
2012-01-01 1754760
2013-01-01 1792969
2014-01-01 1832944
2015-01-01 1884755
2016-01-01 1936988
2017-01-01 2009937
2018-01-01 2069686
2019-01-01 2123590
2020-01-01 1969889
2021-01-01 2054497
2022-01-01 2158861
2023-01-01 2213664
2024-01-01 2231075

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