Wenatchee, WA MSA Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change Year Ago |
| 1990 | 43,884 | - | 8.1 | - |
| 1991 | 43,175 | -1.6 | 9.6 | 1.5 |
| 1992 | 43,813 | 1.5 | 10.1 | 0.4 |
| 1993 | 45,500 | 3.9 | 9.3 | -0.8 |
| 1994 | 47,886 | 5.2 | 8.2 | -1.1 |
| 1995 | 47,312 | -1.2 | 8.8 | 0.7 |
| 1996 | 49,170 | 3.9 | 8.5 | -0.3 |
| 1997 | 50,716 | 3.1 | 6.8 | -1.7 |
| 1998 | 52,606 | 3.7 | 7.0 | 0.2 |
| 1999 | 51,478 | -2.1 | 7.5 | 0.5 |
| 2000 | 51,080 | -0.8 | 6.3 | -1.2 |
| 2001 | 48,266 | -5.5 | 7.8 | 1.5 |
| 2002 | 49,433 | 2.4 | 8.3 | 0.5 |
| 2003 | 51,036 | 3.2 | 8.2 | -0.1 |
| 2004 | 54,168 | 6.1 | 6.7 | -1.5 |
| 2005 | 56,170 | 3.7 | 5.7 | -1.0 |
| 2006 | 56,698 | 0.9 | 5.1 | -0.7 |
| 2007 | 58,481 | 3.1 | 4.8 | -0.2 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 41,978 | 0.9 | 11.1 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 42,954 | 1.6 | 10.8 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 43,647 | 2.5 | 9.5 | -0.9 |
| Apr | 43,467 | 1.8 | 9.3 | -0.4 |
| May | 44,058 | -0.6 | 9.1 | 0.5 |
| Jun | 51,742 | -6.1 | 7.5 | 1.1 |
| Jul | 56,344 | 1.9 | 6.8 | 0.5 |
| Aug | 47,724 | -2.7 | 11.2 | 2.0 |
| Sep | 55,475 | -4.4 | 5.8 | 1.2 |
| Oct | 53,364 | -1.1 | 6.1 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 43,922 | -3.5 | 10.2 | 2.2 |
| Dec | 43,064 | -2.8 | 10.0 | 1.2 |
| 1996-Jan | 42,836 | 2.0 | 12.1 | 1.0 |
| Feb | 43,873 | 2.1 | 10.7 | -0.1 |
| Mar | 45,329 | 3.9 | 9.7 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 45,610 | 4.9 | 9.1 | -0.2 |
| May | 46,149 | 4.7 | 9.8 | 0.6 |
| Jun | 51,796 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 59,495 | 5.6 | 6.5 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 50,084 | 4.9 | 10.2 | -1.0 |
| Sep | 55,557 | 0.1 | 5.5 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 57,862 | 8.4 | 5.0 | -1.1 |
| Nov | 46,597 | 6.1 | 8.1 | -2.1 |
| Dec | 44,848 | 4.1 | 9.3 | -0.8 |
| 1997-Jan | 44,933 | 4.9 | 11.1 | -1.0 |
| Feb | 45,684 | 4.1 | 10.0 | -0.8 |
| Mar | 47,435 | 4.6 | 8.5 | -1.2 |
| Apr | 47,768 | 4.7 | 7.4 | -1.7 |
| May | 48,060 | 4.1 | 7.0 | -2.7 |
| Jun | 53,777 | 3.8 | 6.2 | -1.9 |
| Jul | 60,060 | 0.9 | 5.0 | -1.5 |
| Aug | 52,913 | 5.6 | 5.4 | -4.8 |
| Sep | 56,296 | 1.3 | 4.6 | -1.0 |
| Oct | 56,052 | -3.1 | 4.3 | -0.7 |
| Nov | 48,115 | 3.3 | 6.7 | -1.4 |
| Dec | 47,500 | 5.9 | 7.3 | -2.0 |
| 1998-Jan | 45,890 | 2.1 | 9.6 | -1.4 |
| Feb | 46,772 | 2.4 | 8.7 | -1.2 |
| Mar | 47,761 | 0.7 | 8.4 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 48,284 | 1.1 | 6.9 | -0.5 |
| May | 49,615 | 3.2 | 6.9 | -0.2 |
| Jun | 57,349 | 6.6 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 62,844 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 0.6 |
| Aug | 55,583 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 2.6 |
| Sep | 61,534 | 9.3 | 4.7 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 58,761 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 49,190 | 2.2 | 7.3 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 47,691 | 0.4 | 8.6 | 1.3 |
| 1999-Jan | 47,114 | 2.7 | 9.9 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 47,338 | 1.2 | 9.8 | 1.1 |
| Mar | 48,111 | 0.7 | 8.9 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 48,463 | 0.4 | 8.1 | 1.2 |
| May | 49,133 | -1.0 | 8.0 | 1.1 |
| Jun | 54,017 | -5.8 | 7.9 | 1.8 |
| Jul | 60,420 | -3.9 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 52,508 | -5.5 | 8.4 | 0.4 |
| Sep | 56,908 | -7.5 | 4.8 | 0.2 |
| Oct | 57,484 | -2.2 | 4.5 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 48,661 | -1.1 | 7.1 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 47,581 | -0.2 | 7.7 | -0.9 |
| 2000-Jan | 46,151 | -2.0 | 9.0 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 46,853 | -1.0 | 8.9 | -0.9 |
| Mar | 48,649 | 1.1 | 7.3 | -1.6 |
| Apr | 48,662 | 0.4 | 6.4 | -1.7 |
| May | 48,550 | -1.2 | 6.3 | -1.7 |
| Jun | 55,932 | 3.5 | 5.2 | -2.7 |
| Jul | 59,224 | -2.0 | 4.7 | -1.0 |
| Aug | 51,945 | -1.1 | 7.1 | -1.3 |
| Sep | 57,151 | 0.4 | 4.1 | -0.8 |
| Oct | 55,415 | -3.6 | 4.2 | -0.4 |
| Nov | 48,111 | -1.1 | 6.6 | -0.5 |
| Dec | 46,315 | -2.7 | 7.4 | -0.3 |
| 2001-Jan | 44,214 | -4.2 | 9.7 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 44,232 | -5.6 | 9.6 | 0.7 |
| Mar | 45,387 | -6.7 | 8.7 | 1.4 |
| Apr | 45,496 | -6.5 | 8.0 | 1.6 |
| May | 45,897 | -5.5 | 7.4 | 1.1 |
| Jun | 51,262 | -8.3 | 6.7 | 1.5 |
| Jul | 58,436 | -1.3 | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Aug | 49,578 | -4.6 | 8.8 | 1.7 |
| Sep | 53,791 | -5.9 | 5.4 | 1.3 |
| Oct | 51,813 | -6.5 | 5.8 | 1.6 |
| Nov | 44,924 | -6.6 | 9.4 | 2.8 |
| Dec | 44,165 | -4.6 | 10.6 | 3.1 |
| 2002-Jan | 43,733 | -1.1 | 11.3 | 1.6 |
| Feb | 44,788 | 1.3 | 10.7 | 1.2 |
| Mar | 45,395 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 1.5 |
| Apr | 46,237 | 1.6 | 9.5 | 1.5 |
| May | 46,480 | 1.3 | 9.0 | 1.6 |
| Jun | 51,534 | 0.5 | 8.0 | 1.3 |
| Jul | 57,952 | -0.8 | 6.1 | 0.8 |
| Aug | 51,149 | 3.2 | 8.6 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 55,758 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 55,731 | 7.6 | 5.0 | -0.8 |
| Nov | 47,722 | 6.2 | 8.2 | -1.2 |
| Dec | 46,720 | 5.8 | 9.2 | -1.4 |
| 2003-Jan | 47,019 | 7.5 | 10.0 | -1.2 |
| Feb | 47,059 | 5.1 | 10.0 | -0.7 |
| Mar | 47,609 | 4.9 | 8.9 | -1.3 |
| Apr | 47,342 | 2.4 | 9.3 | -0.2 |
| May | 47,861 | 3.0 | 8.4 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 53,185 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 0.3 |
| Jul | 60,154 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 51,785 | 1.2 | 8.6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 56,344 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 0.6 |
| Oct | 55,752 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 0.9 |
| Nov | 49,678 | 4.1 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 48,646 | 4.1 | 8.9 | -0.3 |
| 2004-Jan | 47,767 | 1.6 | 10.0 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 48,437 | 2.9 | 9.3 | -0.7 |
| Mar | 49,789 | 4.6 | 8.3 | -0.6 |
| Apr | 50,326 | 6.3 | 7.2 | -2.1 |
| May | 51,148 | 6.9 | 6.9 | -1.5 |
| Jun | 60,832 | 14.4 | 5.4 | -2.9 |
| Jul | 63,359 | 5.3 | 5.0 | -1.3 |
| Aug | 56,259 | 8.6 | 6.8 | -1.8 |
| Sep | 60,757 | 7.8 | 4.3 | -1.8 |
| Oct | 58,541 | 5.0 | 4.6 | -1.3 |
| Nov | 51,669 | 4.0 | 6.7 | -1.6 |
| Dec | 51,131 | 5.1 | 7.4 | -1.4 |
| 2005-Jan | 49,775 | 4.2 | 8.5 | -1.4 |
| Feb | 50,886 | 5.1 | 8.3 | -1.1 |
| Mar | 52,297 | 5.0 | 6.5 | -1.8 |
| Apr | 52,248 | 3.8 | 6.4 | -0.8 |
| May | 53,144 | 3.9 | 5.9 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 61,568 | 1.2 | 4.5 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 65,967 | 4.1 | 4.1 | -0.9 |
| Aug | 58,443 | 3.9 | 5.8 | -1.0 |
| Sep | 62,349 | 2.6 | 3.9 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 60,786 | 3.8 | 3.9 | -0.7 |
| Nov | 54,048 | 4.6 | 5.7 | -1.1 |
| Dec | 52,524 | 2.7 | 6.4 | -1.0 |
| 2006-Jan | 51,296 | 3.1 | 6.9 | -1.7 |
| Feb | 51,923 | 2.0 | 6.7 | -1.5 |
| Mar | 53,138 | 1.6 | 5.5 | -1.1 |
| Apr | 52,801 | 1.1 | 5.4 | -1.0 |
| May | 52,957 | -0.4 | 5.2 | -0.7 |
| Jun | 61,733 | 0.3 | 4.3 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 69,711 | 5.7 | 3.8 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 59,413 | 1.7 | 5.4 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 60,819 | -2.5 | 3.8 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 60,040 | -1.2 | 3.5 | -0.4 |
| Nov | 53,683 | -0.7 | 5.3 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 52,865 | 0.6 | 6.0 | -0.5 |
| 2007-Jan | 52,308 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 53,530 | 3.1 | 6.5 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 54,523 | 2.6 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 54,194 | 2.6 | 5.1 | -0.3 |
| May | 54,776 | 3.4 | 4.9 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 63,581 | 3.0 | 3.9 | -0.4 |
| Jul | 71,656 | 2.8 | 3.7 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 61,944 | 4.3 | 4.4 | -0.9 |
| Sep | 63,493 | 4.4 | 3.5 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 61,943 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 55,382 | 3.2 | 5.0 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 54,445 | 3.0 | 5.8 | -0.1 |
| 2008-Jan | 53,797 | 2.8 | 7.0 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 54,634 | 2.1 | 6.8 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 56,051 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 55,829 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 0.4 |
| May | - | - | - | - |
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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