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Western Databases

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• Retail Inflation (CPI-U)
• Wholesale Inflation (PPI by industry, national)
• Wholesale Inflation (PPI by commodity, national)
• Local area unemployment statistics
• State and local industry employment and earnings - monthly
• Historical data tables
• Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average
• Regional News Releases by Program

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• Inflation, Prices, and Consumer Spending
• Wages, Benefits, and Compensation
• Productivity
• Safety and Health
• Employment and Unemployment
• Economic and Employment Projection

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. Consumer Price Indexes FAQ
2. Consumer Expenditure Survey FAQ
3. State and Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings FAQ
4. Mass Layoff Statistics FAQ
5. Local Area Unemployment Statistics FAQ
6. Compensation Cost Trends FAQ
7. National Compensation Survey FAQ
8. Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities FAQ

• UPDATED Notice about ECI Estimates for Metropolitan Areas and Regions

Employment Cost Index (ECI) estimates for private industry for 14 metropolitan areas for the year ended September 2008 were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday, November 20, 2008. For each locality, two estimates are provided: 12-month percent change for total compensation and 12-month percent change for wages and salaries. The data are available in news releases for each area.

The "Employment Cost Index for the Regions" news releases have been discontinued. However, the estimates that have appeared in those releases are available in table 6 (www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.t06.htm) and table 10 (www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.t10.htm) of the "Employment Cost Index" news release issued by the BLS National Office. Historical estimates for these series can be found at www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/regionaleci.htm.

• Discontinuance of mailing paper copies of the Western Consumer Price Index (CPI) Card

As of April 1, 2008, subscribers will no longer receive paper copies of the Western CPI Card (San Francisco) in the mail. The Western CPI Card will continue to be available through the Bureau's Web site.

A free email subscription service is available for the CPI card. Shortly after the CPI card is posted online each month, subscribers to this service receive an email message containing a link to the card. The subscription form with a list of available regional office CPI blue cards is located at http://www.bls.gov/bls/list.htm.

The mailing of regional CPI cards and other regional publications is being discontinued as a result of unanticipated budget constraints faced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. See http://www.bls.gov/bls/budgetimpact.htm for details.

• The economic impact of the creative arts industries: New York and Los Angeles" Data from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages provide a fresh perspective on the impact and value of the creative arts to the economies of New York and Los Angeles; one of every 4 creative arts industry jobs in the Nation operated out of either of those locales in 2006. The report is available at http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/10/art3full.pdf.

• "Regional Report: Labor market risks of a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Alameda County" (PDF). This report describes the labor market at risk in the event of one possible earthquake scenario.

Ways to Obtain Data

Information specialists are available from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time to advise you on the availability of BLS data, publications, and information services. Staff economists also assist customers with technical questions regarding survey terms and definitions and with the interpretation and application of BLS data.

If you prefer, you can fax your request to us at 415-625-2351 or

You can also e-mail your request. Responses to inquiries received by fax and e-mail are usually answered within one workday.

A 24 hour recorded message service containing the latest all items indexes and percent changes for the U.S., West, and Western selected metropolitan areas. The message also provides the issue date for the next release.

The regional office reference library is open to the public from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. Our library contains historical BLS Bulletins, Monthly Labor Review, BLS Reports, BLS periodicals, news releases, and summaries. Current materials may be obtained free of charge from the information staff.

• Sales of BLS publications