Washington’s unemployment rate held steady at 5.2% in May even as the economy added roughly 10,000 jobs, its highest one-month gain this year. “A strong month of growth is welcome following two ...

Washington state Sen. Rebecca Saldana, D-Seattle, is seen on the Senate floor in April 2023. (Legislative Support Services) With President-elect Donald Trump promising mass deportations when he takes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Monthly unemployment rates for Bellingham, Whatcom County and Washington state all increased from June to July, according to data ...

Washington's economy added an estimated 10,600 jobs in May while the state's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.2%, according to a recent report.

Washington’s unemployment rate held steady at 4.5% in July, the Employment Security Department confirmed. The state added 10,800 jobs, showing signs of continued, but slowing growth, according to the ...

Washington state’s unemployment rate ticked up to 5.1% in February, representing the fourth consecutive monthly increase, according to new state data. That’s up from a 4.4% unemployment rate in ...

Washington residents who don’t qualify for state unemployment benefits because of their immigration status may be eligible for weekly cash relief through a new program. This week, two nonprofits ...

Even as many Washington employers have moved past the pandemic, the unemployment system is still dealing with pandemic-related problems that raised costs and left hundreds of millions of dollars in ...

Washington’s unemployment rate hit 4.7% in February, according to the state’s Employment Security Department and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 4.6% in January. That’s the highest rate ...

Unemployment claims from fired or laid-off federal workers in Washington state doubled from this time last year, according to new data from the state Employment Security Department. The data, released ...