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May 21, 2015

State jobless rate drops to 5.5%

OLYMPIA (AP) — Washington state's unemployment rate dropped to 5.5 percent last month, the lowest it's been in nearly seven years, officials said Wednesday.

The latest report from the state's Employment Security Department shows that the jobless rate dropped from March's 5.9 percent and that the state gained 8,200 new jobs from March to April.


 
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