unemployment

Chelan County had the worst unemployment rate in North Central Washington for the month according to the most recent numbers released by the Washington Employment Security Department. 14.6% of county residents were considered unemployed while Douglas County's rate was 13 ...

Initial unemployment claims in Washington last week were less than 30,000 for the first time since mid-March and the state saw its fourth consecutive week of declines. The Employment Security Department (ESD) says there were also fewer overall claims by about 46,000 ...

Initial unemployment claims in Washington dropped for a second straight week and are now one-sixth of their peak in late March. The State Employment Security Department says 31,224 Washingtonians applied for benefits for the first time last week, though total claims were 774,959 ...

New unemployment claims in Washington were less than 100,000 for just the second time since mid-March, and the first time they've been below 50,000. The Employment Security Department says 48,445 state residents filed their first unemployment claims in the week ending May 23rd ...

Unemployment in Chelan County for the month of April nearly tripled when compared to last year, while Douglas County was more than twice as high according to numbers released by the State's Employment Security Department. Chelan County had 15 ...

The number of Washingtonians filing their first claim for unemployment rose for the third straight week to nearly 138,733 the fourth-highest total ever. There were also increase in initial claims for Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan Counties for the week ending May 16th ...

More than 1 million Washingtonians collected unemployment last week in data released Thursday by the Employment Security Department. 100,762 state residents applied for their initial claim, a drop of nearly 40,000 from the previous week ...

Chelan County residents filing their initial claims for unemployment rose last week after three weeks of decline, more than doubling the previous week. According to the Employment Security Department, 1,563 people from Chelan County filed their fist claim in the week ending April 25th ...

82,345 Washingtonians filed their first claims for unemployment last week, a drop of more than 60,000 people. In North Central Washington Chelan County saw a drop of about 400 to 740 new claims. Douglas County dropped more than 200 to 334 ...

Unemployment rates in Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan Counties dropped in March when compared to February though it only counts Washingtonians with jobs as of the week of March 12th, and the numbers don't reflect furloughs or layoffs that came later in the month ...