WA County Unemployment Numbers For March 2023 Released

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OLYMPIA, WA – County unemployment rates and employment data for March 2023 have been released by the Washington Employment Security Department. In this region, Asotin County’s unemployment rate is 4%; Whitman County’s is 4.1%; Columbia County’s March rate is 5.4%; and Garfield County’s is 7.2%.

Washington’s economy increased by 1,500 jobs in March and the overall unemployment rate decreased to 4.5%.

Unemployment rates at the county level are not seasonally adjusted because the sample size is too small to accommodate that additional analysis. Therefore, they should not be compared directly to the seasonally adjusted statewide rate that we published last week. (Monthly employment report.)

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