Snohomish County’s unemployment rate jumped to 10.1 percent in September up from 9.4 percent in August.
The state’s jobless rate also increased in September to 9.3 percent from 9 percent. The state lost an estimated 16,000 non-agricultural jobs in September, seasonally adjusted, after an estimated loss of nearly 12,000 jobs in August.
Year over year, Washington had 131,200 fewer jobs last month than in September 2008, a 4.4 percent decrease. Nationally, employment declined by 4.2 percent over the past year.
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