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• Grays Harbor County profile

  Grays Harbor County profile by Jim Vleming, regional labor economist - updated May 2022 Overview | Geographic facts | Outlook | Labor force and unemployment | Industry employment | Wages and income | Population | Useful links | PDF Profile copy  Overview Regional context Grays Harbor County, established in 1854, is bounded to its west by the Pacific Ocean. The Quinault Tribe and several other tribes lived along the coastal area. They...

• Jefferson County profile

  Jefferson County profile by Jim Vleming, regional labor economist - updated May 2022 Overview | Geographic facts | Outlook | Labor force and unemployment | Industry employment | Wages and income | Population | Useful links |  PDF Profile copy  Overview Regional context Jefferson County is located on the Olympic Peninsula in northwestern Washington state. Jefferson County is nestled between the Admiralty Inlet and Clallam, Mason, Grays...

• Lewis County profile

  Lewis County profile by Jim Vleming, regional labor economist - updated May 2022 Overview | Geographic facts | Outlook | Labor force and unemployment | Industry employment| Wages and income | Population |  Useful links | PDF Profile copy  Overview Regional context Lewis County, located in southwestern Washington, is the sixth largest county in the state. The Chehalis and Cowlitz rivers are the two major rivers in the county. Lewis, named...

• Pacific County profile

  Pacific County profile by Jim Vleming, regional labor economist - updated May 2022 Overview | Geographic facts | Outlook | Labor force and unemployment | Industry employment | Wages and income | Population | Useful links | PDF Profile copy   Overview Regional context Pacific County is located in the southwestern part of the state with the Pacific Ocean on its western border. It was established as a county­ in 1851, and its...

• Mason County profile

  Mason County profile by Jim Vleming, regional labor economist - updated May 2022 Overview | Geographic facts | Outlook | Labor force and unemployment | Industry employment | Wages and income | Population | Useful links | PDF Profile copy Overview Regional context The county now known as Mason was first established as Sawamish County in 1854. Carved out of Thurston County, it extended to the Pacific Ocean. In 1864, it was renamed Mason...

• Thurston County profile

  Thurston County profile by Jim Vleming, regional labor economist - updated May 2022 Overview | Geographic facts | Outlook | Labor force and unemployment | Industry employment | Wages and Income | Population | Useful links | PDF Profile copy  Overview Regional context Thurston County is located on the southern end of Puget Sound in Western Washington, referred to as the South Sound. It is the seventh smallest county in the state, but...

• Consent agreements

  Summaries of consent agreements resulting from lawsuits against Employment Security Duncan vs. Turner | Nava settlement | O'Brien, et al, vs. ESD | Othello Community Hospital | Pregnancy/disability    Duncan vs. Turner In 1987, the legislature passed a law giving claimants the option of filing for an alternate base year. Before this law was passed, if a claimant didn't have 680 hours worked in their base period (first four of...

• Kitsap County profile

  Kitsap County profile by Jim Vleming, regional labor economist - updated May 2022 Overview | Geographic facts | Outlook | Labor force and unemployment | Industry employment | Wages and income | Population | Useful links | PDF Profile copy  Overview Regional context Kitsap County, originally part of King and Jefferson counties, is the northern end of the Kitsap peninsula, jutting into the Puget Sound positioned between the Olympic...

• Garfield County profile

  Garfield County profile by Ajsa Suljic, regional labor economist - updated June 2022 Overview | Geographic facts | Outlook | Labor force and unemployment | Industry employment | Wages and income | Population | |Useful links | |PDF Profile copy Overview Regional context Garfield County was formed from the eastern portion of Columbia County by an act of the Washington Territorial Legislature in 1881. Garfield County is bordered by...

• Walla Walla County profile

  Walla Walla County profile by Ajsa Suljic, regional labor economist - updated June 2022 Overview | Geographic facts | Outlook | Labor force and unemployment | Industry employment | Wages and income | Population | Useful links |  PDF Profile copy  Overview Regional context Walla Walla County was formed in 1854 and was named after the Walla Walla tribe of Native Americans. Walla Walla covers 1,271 square miles of land, ranking 26th in...