Bellingham, Washington Job Growth

There were 97,100 jobs in Bellingham, Washington in October 2019 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 110,796 employed persons for the month. Bellingham lost 600 jobs in October 2019 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment rose by 306 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Bellingham job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	October 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	97,100	-600	+1,100
CPS	110,796	+306	+3,414

Note: The CPS survey data is now seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level by with the new BLS SSA series.

Bellingham, Washington Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Bellingham as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment for Bellingham, Washington

CES employment for Bellingham peaked in August 2019 at 97,800. Since then 700 jobs have been lost in Bellingham according to the employer survey.

CPS employment in October 2019 for Bellingham is at a new high of 110,796.

Employment: CES, CPS

Bellingham, Washington Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
October 2019	97,100	-600	110,796	306
September 2019	97,700	-100	110,490	313
August 2019	97,800	100	110,177	211
July 2019	97,700	300	109,966	255
June 2019	97,400	0	109,711	44
May 2019	97,400	-300	109,667	306
April 2019	97,700	300	109,361	377
March 2019	97,400	100	108,984	493
February 2019	97,300	-100	108,491	584
January 2019	97,400	800	107,907	454
December 2018	96,600	200	107,453	-19
November 2018	96,400	400	107,472	90