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Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2009

County’s jobless rate soars to 10.1 percent

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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