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October 16, 2014

State jobless rate at 5.7 percent

OLYMPIA (AP) — Washington state's unemployment rate rose slightly to 5.7 percent last month, state officials said Wednesday.

Numbers released by the state's Employment Security Department show that the September jobless rate was up from August's 5.6 percent rate, and that businesses saw a loss of about 600 jobs from August to September.


 
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