Employed residents in Spokane, WA

Employed residents in Spokane, WA was 107,303 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.1% from 2024. That is the 3rd highest of 47 cities in 2025.

2025, persons107,303
Change on 2024+0.1%
Series high109,1582019
Series low78,3541990

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Employed residents in Spokane, WA, 1990 to 2025

70K80K90K100K110K19901996200220082014202020251990: 78,354 persons1991: 79,464 persons1992: 80,346 persons1993: 83,228 persons1994: 87,284 persons1995: 90,927 persons1996: 93,656 persons1997: 95,085 persons1998: 96,498 persons1999: 97,919 persons2000: 92,245 persons2001: 91,224 persons2002: 91,078 persons2003: 91,975 persons2004: 94,475 persons2005: 93,438 persons2006: 94,716 persons2007: 96,927 persons2008: 97,028 persons2009: 94,216 persons2010: 97,103 persons2011: 93,930 persons2012: 92,511 persons2013: 92,026 persons2014: 92,321 persons2015: 92,734 persons2016: 101,371 persons2017: 102,636 persons2018: 104,266 persons2019: 109,158 persons2020: 105,175 persons2021: 108,782 persons2022: 109,115 persons2023: 108,269 persons2024: 107,217 persons2025: 107,303 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
2025107,303
2024107,217
2023108,269
2022109,115
2021108,782
2020105,175
2019109,158
2018104,266
2017102,636
2016101,371
201592,734
201492,321
201392,026
201292,511
201193,930
201097,103
200994,216
200897,028
200796,927
200694,716
200593,438
200494,475
200391,975
200291,078
200191,224
200092,245
199997,919
199896,498
199795,085
199693,656
199590,927
199487,284
199383,228
199280,346
199179,464
199078,354

Rankings

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Spokane, WA, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Spokane, WA, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/spokane-wa. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Spokane, WA, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/spokane-wa.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Spokane, WA, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/spokane-wa (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the employed residents in Spokane, WA?

Employed residents in Spokane, WA was 107,303 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.1% from 2024. That is the 3rd highest of 47 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Spokane, WA?

109,158 in 2019, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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