Washington state's unemployment rate saw a slight uptick in December 2025, rising to 4.7%.

The Washington Employment Security Department has released its latest unemployment data for November, detailing rates by ...

Ongoing unemployment claims in Washington state are 20% higher compared with this time last year, according to the Employment Security Department. A growing backlog has prompted the state agency to ...

Northwest states showed mixed job results in November with Oregon gaining positions and Washington shedding jobs, state ...

More than 1,600 federal workers in Washington state have filed for unemployment benefits since the government shutdown began at the start of October. Of the 1,625 claims the state Employment Security ...

Unemployment throughout Washington state rose to 4.6% in November, according to the Washington state Employment Security ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington and Idaho both released statewide unemployment rates on Wednesday for the month of November 2025. In Washington, the economy decreased by an estimated 1,500 jobs and the ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Washington dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...

Washington ongoing unemployment claims rise 20% year-over-year; backlog expands ESD launches 90-day call-center pilot to focus staff on claims processing Federal shutdown, now entering its fifth week, ...