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Economy remains in a holding pattern

12/14/2010

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Media contact: Jamie Swift, communications manager, 360-902-0904

OLYMPIA – Washington’s employment situation saw little change in November.  The jobless rate held steady at 9.2 percent and job numbers remained flat, with a modest gain of an estimated 100 jobs over the month. (October’s rate was revised from 9.1 percent to 9.2 percent after more analysis.) 

“Job growth is in a holding pattern,” said Employment Security Commissioner Paul Trause. “It underscores why unemployed workers are having a hard time finding jobs and why we need to extend federal emergency unemployment benefits for awhile longer.”

Industries that added jobs last month included education and health services, up 800; professional and business services, up 700; government, up 600; manufacturing, up 600; leisure and hospitality, up 600; and wholesale trade, up 400.  The government growth was distributed evenly between federal, state and local government.  Not counting higher education, state government lost 200 jobs. 

Jobs were lost in construction, down 2,100; financial activities, down 500; information, down 400; transportation, warehousing and utilities, down 300; and other services, down 300.

So far in 2010, Washington has added 10,300 private-sector jobs. Factoring in a substantial less of government jobs, there has been an estimated net gain of 6,200 jobs during the past 11 months. 

An estimated 322,703 people (not seasonally adjusted) in Washington were unemployed and looking for work, and 240,201 people received unemployment benefits from Washington in November.

Employment Security is a partner in the statewide WorkSource system, which offers a variety of employment and training services for job seekers, including free help with interviewing skills, résumés and job referrals. 

WorkSource also can help employers recruit and screen for qualified workers, apply for employment tax breaks and qualify for subsidized employee training. 

Locations of local WorkSource offices are listed online at www.go2worksource.com.  Assistance also is available by phone at 877-872-5627.  

In addition, more than 18,000 job openings are posted online at www.go2worksource.com.

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Washington’s employment situation saw little change in November. 

The jobless rate held at nine-point-two percent, while the state economy netted a modest one-hundred jobs over the month. 

So far in 2010, Washington has added ten-thousand-two-hundred private-sector jobs. Factoring in a substantial loss of government jobs, there has been an estimated net gain of sixty-two-hundred jobs during the past eleven months.

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