Monthly employment report

The monthly employment report is a comprehensive report on Washington’s job market. We report the unemployment rate statewide and for the nation, the number of people in Washington’s workforce and the number of jobs by industry. Open the November 2019 monthly employment report (State and Seattle Metropolitan Division only). Report charts and tables are also available. For county-level data, see the map below for county unemployment rates. Alternate measures of labor underutilization (U6) are discussed here.

For more charts and graphs at the national level, see the BLS Employment Situation report.

The Labor force by county snapshot can be accessed here and additional reports in the report library.

2020 monthly employment report publication dates

Preliminary data for month of	State and Seattle Metropolitan Division numbers released	All other county numbers released
December 2019	January 22, 2020	January 28, 2020 (Wednesday)
January 2020	March 4	March 10
February 2020	March 18	March 31
March 2020	April 15	April 21
April 2020	May 20	May 26
May 2020	June 17	June 23
June 2020	July 15	July 21
July 2020	August 19	August 25
August 2020	September 16	September 22
September 2020	October 14	October 20
October 2020	November 18	November 24
November 2020	December 16	December 22 (Friday)
December 2020	January 20, 2021	January 26, 2021

2019 monthly employment report publication dates

Preliminary data for month of	State and Seattle Metropolitan Division numbers released	All other county numbers released
January 2019	March 6	March 12
February 2019	March 20	March 26
March 2019	April 17	April 23
April 2019	May 15	May 21
May 2019	June 19	June 25
June 2019	July 17	July 23
July 2019	August 14	August 20
August 2019	September 18	September 24
September 2019	October 16	October 22
October 2019	November 13	November 19
November 2019	December 18	December 27 (Friday)
December 2019	January 22, 2020	January 28, 2020

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Glossary

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