Unemployment remains high in flood-affected counties, topping 6% in some areas.

Washington state Sen. Rebecca Saldana, D-Seattle, is seen on the Senate floor in April 2023. (Legislative Support Services) With President-elect Donald Trump promising mass deportations when he takes ...

Washington residents hit by 2025’s historic floods can now access up to 44 weeks of federal unemployment assistance, even as Florida’s system faces a surge in claims from Spirit Airlines’ abrupt ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Lawmakers in Oregon and Washington are considering whether striking workers should receive unemployment benefits, following recent walkouts by Boeing factory workers, hospital nurses ...

Washington businesses would need to shoulder roughly $700 million in additional taxes in a few years unless the projected finances of the state’s unemployment insurance fund improve. Officials are ...

Unemployment claims from fired or laid-off federal workers in Washington state doubled from this time last year, according to new data from the state Employment Security Department. The data, released ...

Washington’s unemployment rate held steady at 4.5% in July, the Employment Security Department confirmed. The state added 10,800 jobs, showing signs of continued, but slowing growth, according to the ...

Washington state’s unemployment rate ticked up to 5.1% in February, representing the fourth consecutive monthly increase, according to new state data. That’s up from a 4.4% unemployment rate in ...

This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.com. Washington’s unemployment rate is climbing again after new state numbers revealed that job growth slowed in February, with just 700 net jobs ...