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Bellingham

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Bellingham — May 2018	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2019
Consumer Price Index Data Tables (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Feb 2019

Bellingham, WA Economy at a Glance:

Bellingham, WA

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Feb 2022	Mar 2022	Apr 2022	May 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)116.8	117.7	118.9	119.5	117.3	(p)116.6
Employment(1)		(2)111.7	111.2	112.4	113.3	112.1	(p)111.3
Unemployment(1)		(2)5.1	6.5	6.5	6.3	5.2	(p)5.3
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)4.4	5.5	5.4	5.2	4.4	(p)4.5
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		93.3	93.0	93.8	94.3	95.5	(p)95.7
12-month % change		7.1	8.4	7.9	6.8	6.3	(p)5.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		7.7	7.6	7.8	8.1	8.3	(p)8.3
12-month % change		-1.3	0.0	1.3	3.8	0.0	(p)3.8
Manufacturing(4)		9.2	9.2	9.4	9.4	9.5	(p)9.7
12-month % change		2.2	3.4	5.6	5.6	6.7	(p)7.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		16.5	16.7	16.5	16.7	16.4	(p)16.6
12-month % change		1.2	5.0	4.4	4.4	3.8	(p)4.4
Financial Activities(4)		4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	(p)4.1
12-month % change		0.0	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	(p)2.5
Professional and Business Services(4)		8.5	8.5	8.6	8.7	8.8	(p)8.8
12-month % change		4.9	7.6	7.5	8.8	7.3	(p)6.0
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		10.2	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.5	(p)10.6
12-month % change		37.8	46.4	34.7	25.9	20.7	(p)16.5
Government(4)		17.8	17.9	18.2	18.3	18.5	(p)18.4
12-month % change		11.3	9.8	9.0	7.6	7.6	(p)5.7
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary