Improve economic vitality of businesses and individuals
Indicator 1: Increase percentage of people employed
Measure b: Total Employment
Description:
Employment is the total number of persons on establishment payrolls employed full or part time who received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th day of the month. Temporary and intermittent employees are included, as are any workers who are on paid sick leave, on paid holiday, or who work during only part of the specified pay period. Data exclude proprietors, self-employed, unpaid family or volunteer workers, farm workers, and domestic workers.
Nonfarm job growth is an indicator of the expansion in the economy. That expansion represents the increase in employment opportunities available to Washington's workers. In this particular instance, job growth is tracked from month to month in an effort so determine whether the nonfarm economy is performing as expected.
This graph depicts the total nonfarm employment (seasonally adjusted) and jobs added in Washington since January 2005. From January of 2005 to January of 2008, nonfarm employment in the State of Washington grew by 220,100 jobs; the number of jobs has grown at a faster pace than predicted at the beginning of this period (as is depicted by the blue line).
| Total Monthly Non-farm Employment in Washington: January 2005 – April 2008 | Total |
| Jan-05 | 2,738,800 |
| Feb-05 | 2,741,400 |
| Mar-05 | 2,752,000 |
| Apr-05 | 2,763,300 |
| May-05 | 2,767,100 |
| Jun-05 | 2,771,600 |
| Jul-05 | 2,783,500 |
| Aug-05 | 2,789,800 |
| Sep-05 | 2,782,800 |
| Oct-05 | 2,799,800 |
| Nov-05 | 2,810,800 |
| Dec-05 | 2,823,000 |
| Jan-06 | 2,828,200 |
| Feb-06 | 2,834,300 |
| Mar-06 | 2,839,300 |
| Apr-06 | 2,841,000 |
| May-06 | 2,849,600 |
| Jun-06 | 2,863,300 |
| Jul-06 | 2,859,100 |
| Aug-06 | 2,869,400 |
| Sep-06 | 2,875,900 |
| Oct-06 | 2,876,700 |
| Nov-06 | 2,882,800 |
| Dec-06 | 2,890,800 |
| Jan-07 | 2,897,200 |
| Feb-07 | 2,912,500 |
| Mar-07 | 2,914,300 |
| Apr-07 | 2,916,000 |
| May-07 | 2,923,100 |
| Jun-07 | 2,931,900 |
| Jul-07 | 2,938,200 |
| Aug-07 | 2,940,900 |
| Sep-07 | 2,939,400 |
| Oct-07 | 2,948,200 |
| Nov-07 | 2,958,200 |
| Dec-07 | 2,960,300 |
| Jan-08 | 2,965,400 |
| Feb-08 | 2966400 |
| Mar-08 | 2964100 |
| Apr-08 | 2962300 |
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Source:
Employment Security Department - Labor Market and Economic Analysis