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Washington Employment

Date Employment Unemployment
Total % Change
Year Ago
Rate Unit Change
Year Ago
1978 1,684,000-6.9-
1979 1,806,0007.26.8-0.1
1980 1,828,0001.27.91.1
1981 1,806,000-1.29.51.7
1982 1,779,000-1.512.12.6
1983 1,838,0003.311.2-0.9
1984 1,857,0001.09.5-1.7
1985 1,921,0003.48.1-1.3
1986 2,018,0005.08.20.1
1987 2,087,0003.47.6-0.6
1988 2,173,0004.16.2-1.4
1989 2,300,0005.86.20.0
1990 2,412,8154.94.9-1.2
1991 2,372,371-1.76.41.5
1992 2,446,6153.17.61.2
1993 2,495,4532.07.60.0
1994 2,542,8211.96.4-1.2
1995 2,636,0113.76.3-0.1
1996 2,711,9632.95.9-0.4
1997 2,822,2234.14.9-1.0
1998 2,886,8712.34.8-0.1
1999 2,917,5771.14.80.1
2000 2,898,677-0.65.00.1
2001 2,863,705-1.26.21.2
2002 2,877,0220.57.31.1
2003 2,913,2301.37.40.1
2004 2,999,5263.06.2-1.2
2005 3,079,4822.75.5-0.7
2006 3,156,9952.54.9-0.6
2007 3,237,3582.54.5-0.4
2008 3,290,9931.75.30.8
2009 3,226,334-2.09.03.6
Monthly Data
1995-Jan2,584,2243.47.1-0.8
Feb2,591,1694.67.2-1.0
Mar2,614,8695.66.7-1.0
Apr2,615,6834.56.3-0.2
May2,633,2354.26.0-0.1
Jun2,651,0413.66.20.1
Jul2,672,6823.26.00.0
Aug2,645,4882.76.10.8
Sep2,645,5252.85.60.6
Oct2,674,6923.35.6-0.2
Nov2,645,6223.26.40.1
Dec2,657,9033.16.2-0.1
1996-Jan2,634,4951.97.30.2
Feb2,643,3562.07.1-0.2
Mar2,671,9452.26.70.0
Apr2,671,6962.16.1-0.2
May2,703,3182.76.10.0
Jun2,724,2232.85.8-0.4
Jul2,770,1153.65.5-0.4
Aug2,732,5373.35.4-0.8
Sep2,732,8093.35.1-0.5
Oct2,766,9313.45.0-0.6
Nov2,743,4033.75.5-0.9
Dec2,748,7233.45.5-0.7
1997-Jan2,731,1553.76.1-1.2
Feb2,739,8473.76.1-1.0
Mar2,776,1453.95.7-1.0
Apr2,781,3394.15.0-1.1
May2,818,0424.24.5-1.5
Jun2,835,8264.14.8-1.0
Jul2,879,3883.94.4-1.1
Aug2,847,7524.24.5-0.9
Sep2,847,1734.24.3-0.8
Oct2,874,7233.94.1-0.9
Nov2,863,6484.44.4-1.1
Dec2,871,6394.54.6-0.9
1998-Jan2,833,8653.85.7-0.5
Feb2,839,7473.65.5-0.6
Mar2,857,0142.95.4-0.3
Apr2,856,1592.74.4-0.6
May2,891,7962.64.3-0.2
Jun2,892,9592.04.7-0.1
Jul2,920,3431.44.40.0
Aug2,883,6321.34.60.1
Sep2,902,1481.94.50.2
Oct2,930,1891.94.40.3
Nov2,908,8001.64.70.3
Dec2,925,7981.94.80.2
1999-Jan2,901,3482.45.6-0.1
Feb2,896,8572.05.80.3
Mar2,911,9721.95.2-0.1
Apr2,900,1651.54.70.3
May2,917,3810.94.60.3
Jun2,927,3091.25.10.4
Jul2,960,8761.44.60.2
Aug2,920,2251.34.60.0
Sep2,912,4280.44.4-0.1
Oct2,935,9520.24.2-0.2
Nov2,911,0810.14.5-0.2
Dec2,915,330-0.44.7-0.2
2000-Jan2,888,080-0.55.5-0.1
Feb2,885,336-0.45.80.0
Mar2,912,4990.05.30.1
Apr2,897,264-0.14.6-0.1
May2,899,118-0.64.70.0
Jun2,917,499-0.34.8-0.3
Jul2,915,337-1.54.70.1
Aug2,887,158-1.15.00.4
Sep2,887,988-0.84.40.0
Oct2,908,351-0.94.40.2
Nov2,884,528-0.95.10.6
Dec2,900,969-0.55.10.4
2001-Jan2,862,489-0.96.10.6
Feb2,855,260-1.06.50.6
Mar2,866,617-1.66.31.0
Apr2,860,432-1.35.81.2
May2,867,595-1.15.60.9
Jun2,877,930-1.46.01.2
Jul2,902,812-0.45.60.9
Aug2,855,282-1.16.11.1
Sep2,864,572-0.85.71.3
Oct2,873,337-1.26.11.7
Nov2,836,382-1.77.02.0
Dec2,841,750-2.07.32.2
2002-Jan2,805,209-2.08.32.1
Feb2,834,061-0.78.11.7
Mar2,843,238-0.88.01.6
Apr2,847,433-0.57.71.9
May2,868,4000.07.21.6
Jun2,886,7900.37.31.3
Jul2,911,9250.37.01.3
Aug2,897,6991.57.00.9
Sep2,917,3131.86.50.8
Oct2,929,7222.06.40.3
Nov2,889,2711.97.30.2
Dec2,893,2061.87.40.0
2003-Jan2,874,2442.58.1-0.2
Feb2,875,7361.58.20.1
Mar2,880,5381.37.9-0.1
Apr2,882,6581.27.5-0.2
May2,890,7870.87.30.2
Jun2,906,9270.77.80.5
Jul2,932,7900.77.30.3
Aug2,916,2520.67.20.3
Sep2,925,4830.36.90.4
Oct2,962,8281.16.60.2
Nov2,951,6672.27.1-0.1
Dec2,958,8502.37.0-0.4
2004-Jan2,926,2871.87.7-0.4
Feb2,944,0822.47.5-0.8
Mar2,965,6933.07.1-0.8
Apr2,979,1523.36.2-1.2
May2,984,1563.26.0-1.3
Jun3,006,4973.46.2-1.5
Jul3,033,0313.45.9-1.4
Aug3,010,5663.25.8-1.5
Sep3,017,9613.25.4-1.5
Oct3,047,2542.85.4-1.2
Nov3,037,0312.95.8-1.3
Dec3,042,6032.85.9-1.0
2005-Jan3,008,2552.86.4-1.3
Feb3,009,9012.26.6-0.8
Mar3,034,2152.35.9-1.2
Apr3,050,6072.45.5-0.8
May3,062,8492.65.4-0.6
Jun3,083,7722.65.5-0.8
Jul3,116,3092.75.2-0.6
Aug3,100,6653.05.2-0.6
Sep3,104,5392.95.1-0.3
Oct3,141,2323.14.9-0.5
Nov3,119,9012.75.4-0.5
Dec3,121,5392.65.1-0.8
2006-Jan3,100,0733.15.5-0.9
Feb3,109,8793.35.7-0.9
Mar3,130,6003.25.2-0.8
Apr3,130,7842.64.7-0.7
May3,134,7882.34.8-0.6
Jun3,168,0552.74.9-0.5
Jul3,176,6321.94.9-0.4
Aug3,164,1872.04.8-0.4
Sep3,173,1492.24.5-0.6
Oct3,206,1882.14.2-0.7
Nov3,189,7282.24.8-0.5
Dec3,199,8752.54.7-0.4
2007-Jan3,159,6311.95.4-0.1
Feb3,179,2902.25.3-0.4
Mar3,210,1202.54.7-0.4
Apr3,204,8552.44.3-0.5
May3,218,9562.74.2-0.6
Jun3,248,2182.54.4-0.5
Jul3,268,3852.94.4-0.4
Aug3,240,7302.44.3-0.5
Sep3,267,4433.04.2-0.3
Oct3,292,1162.74.1-0.1
Nov3,285,5193.04.5-0.4
Dec3,273,0272.34.70.0
2008-Jan3,259,1003.15.2-0.2
Feb3,256,7292.45.30.0
Mar3,275,8652.05.10.3
Apr3,284,7282.54.50.2
May3,277,4491.84.90.6
Jun3,297,5321.55.10.7
Jul3,326,8031.85.10.7
Aug3,304,5422.05.31.0
Sep3,318,0971.65.00.9
Oct3,323,3931.05.41.4
Nov3,294,7660.36.21.7
Dec3,272,9130.07.12.3
2009-Jan3,215,240-1.38.63.4
Feb3,226,802-0.99.13.9
Mar3,200,121-2.39.64.5
Apr3,204,227-2.58.94.4
May3,227,726-1.58.94.1
Jun3,250,008-1.49.24.1
Jul3,278,822-1.48.63.6
Aug3,257,352-1.48.83.5
Sep3,250,496-2.08.63.6
Oct3,239,073-2.58.73.3
Nov3,197,570-3.08.92.8
Dec3,168,571-3.29.52.5
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.


 
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