We usually talk about the whole Seattle metro area on these pages, but I’d like to take a little while to discuss an issue that is most relevant to Seattle proper: Density. There’s no denying that Seattle has been booming lately, thanks largely to serious growth in the local tech economy—unbridled growth at Amazon, the […]
Posts with the job_growth tag
Real Estate Job Growth Slows to Near-Zero
Time once again to take a look at the breakdown of what sectors are adding jobs locally and what sectors are losing jobs. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors over the past four years. The “Finance / Real Estate” sector had been growing by as much as five percent […]
Construction Job Growth Slowly Moderating
It’s been a few months since we had a look at the breakdown of what sectors are adding jobs locally and what sectors are losing jobs. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors over the past four years. Now here’s a zoomed in view so you can see what’s going […]
Retail Jobs Gained, Manufacturing Slipped in December
Let’s take a look at the breakdown of what sectors are adding jobs locally and what sectors are losing jobs. This was scheduled for last week but the NWMLS data came out a bit earlier than I had expected. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors over the past four […]
Manufacturing Jobs Slip as Job Growth Slows
Let’s take a look at the breakdown of what sectors are adding jobs locally and what sectors are losing jobs. I had intended to post this yesterday but the day got away from me. Sorry about that! First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors over the past four years. Now […]
Construction Job Growth Slows to a Crawl
To follow up yesterday’s post on unemployment and labor force participation rate, here’s our breakdown of the job growth (or losses) in specific sectors for the Seattle area. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors: Here’s a look at just the last year zoomed in so you can see what’s […]
Seattle Monthly Job Growth Hits 13-Year High in June
New local job stats came out this week, so let’s have a look at the Seattle area’s employment situation. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors: Since things are getting really jumbled together lately on that chart, I broke down just the last year and zoomed in so you can […]