Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (MSA)

Title Civilian Labor Force in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT534266000000006A
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.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

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.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1994-01-01 1486937
1995-01-01 1507612
1996-01-01 1551739
1997-01-01 1617217
1998-01-01 1660038
1999-01-01 1671174
2000-01-01 1670877
2001-01-01 1673455
2002-01-01 1662459
2003-01-01 1679114
2004-01-01 1697345
2005-01-01 1729559
2006-01-01 1777807
2007-01-01 1810212
2008-01-01 1852467
2009-01-01 1889856
2010-01-01 1874313
2011-01-01 1877825
2012-01-01 1898032
2013-01-01 1895308
2014-01-01 1930730
2015-01-01 1972712
2016-01-01 2021502
2017-01-01 2091982
2018-01-01 2145565
2019-01-01 2189563
2020-01-01 2159964
2021-01-01 2162112
2022-01-01 2243288
2023-01-01 2306624
2024-01-01 2328565

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