WASHINGTON - New data reveals that Washington state's unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.5% last month, up from 4.4% in April, according to the state's Employment Security Department. The department ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington's unemployment rate held steady at 4.4% in April 2025, despite a decrease of 5,800 jobs, according to the Employment Security Department. In April, nonfarm employment ...

A new analysis by the state found that more than 30,000 jobs in Washington could be lost by 2029 due to tariffs. “These job losses may spill over into the broader economy, affecting support services ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Government Efficiency’s remaking of the federal workforce has battered the Washington job market and put more households in the metropolitan area in financial distress, ...

For all the celebratory claims of a “soft landing” for the U.S. economy, the job market in Seattle and Spokane, as elsewhere, is still marred by sluggish growth and strikingly uneven outcomes. On the ...