Strong job growth and a comparable increase in the labor force kept Washington’s unemployment rate nearly steady in May.
“Increased hiring for seasonal jobs as the rest of the economy held firm, helped to drop Washington’s unemployment rate by…
Normal seasonal factors helped push Washington’s unemployment rate up two-tenths of one percentage point in February to 5.4 percent.
Unemployment in Washington hit an all-time record low for the month of January this year.
“Washingtons unemployment rate dropped dramatically to 4.0 percent, the lowest November rate since the Boeing boom in 1966.”
