Tagged: Employment Securities Department

12:22pm

Wed November 17, 2010
Washington's Economy

State jobless rate steady

The latest figures are out, and the state's unemployment rate is unchanged from last month: 9.1%.


About 1,900  private sector jobs were added last month. That makes five consecutive months of job growth in private industry, according to the Employment Security Department. 


The public sector added 4,000 positions, largely due to education-related hiring in September.

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