Wenatchee Area Unemployment Rate On The Rise
The figure jumped from 6.4 percent to 7 percent in the most recent month.
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Unemployment Numbers Rise In Wenatchee Area
The figures show a sharper rise year-over-year, with the jobless rate sitting at 6.1 percent in February of last year.
Unemployment Improving, but Economy Still Recovering
After record-breaking unemployment in April and May, the numbers for the month of June showed improvement, though were still worse than last year.
Regional Labor Economist Don Meseck says the worst hit sector was leisure and hospitality which lost 40% of their jobs over the year, while the federal government was stable or added jobs
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Wenatchee Job Market Has Good and Bad
Regional Labor Economist Don Meseck says there is some good and concerning news in the recently released August employment numbers for the Wenatchee Metropolitan Statistical Area, or MSA.
Unemployment rates have risen for nine straight months through August, but are still relatively low compared to similar months over the past 10 years...