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6/17/2020Read More...
Monthly Employment Report for May 2020
Washington’s economy added 52,500 jobs in May and the state’s preliminary seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate for May decreased from 16.3 percent to 15.1 percent according to the Employment Security Department (ESD).
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6/16/2020Read More...
2019 Washington state Average annual wage
Washington’s average annual wage grew by 6.7 percent in calendar year 2019 to $69,000, according to the state Employment Security Department—representing the largest percentage increase year over year since 1999.
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6/11/2020Read More...
Initial unemployment insurance claims for week of May 31 – June 6, 2020
During the week of May 31 through June 6, there were 29,713 initial regular unemployment claims (down 4.8% from the prior week) and 729,053 total claims for all unemployment benefit categories (a decrease of 45,906) filed by Washingtonians, according to the Employment Security Department (ESD).
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6/10/2020Read More...
Commissioner LeVine’s statement on state audit of unemployment system
OLYMPIA – Employment Security Department (ESD) Commissioner, Suzi LeVine, released this statement today regarding the Washington State Auditor’s Office announcement of an upcoming audit of the Unemployment Insurance system.
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6/4/2020Read More...
Initial unemployment insurance claims for week of May 24-30, 2020
During the week of May 24-30, there were 31,224 initial regular unemployment claims (down 36% from the prior week) and 774,959 total claims for all unemployment benefit categories (a decrease of 155,423) filed by Washingtonians, according to the Employment Security Department (ESD). ESD believes the continued decrease is due to a variety of reasons including fraud prevention measures and more people going back to work with the reopening of some industry sectors and regions over the past three weeks.
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6/1/2020Read More...
Washington wins second grant to support economic recovery from COVID-19
OLYMPIA – Washington workers negatively affected by COVID-19 will gain employment and training for in-demand occupations that pay a living wage through a new $12 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL).
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5/28/2020Read More...
Initial unemployment insurance claims for week of May 17-23, 2020
During the week of May 17-23, there were 48,445 initial regular unemployment claims, down 65% from the prior week and 1,497,591 total claims for all unemployment benefit categories filed by Washingtonians, according to the Employment Security Department (ESD). ESD believes the decrease was in large part due to significant fraud prevention measures that were put in place over the past two weeks.
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5/21/2020Read More...
Initial unemployment insurance claims for week of May 10-16, 2020
During the week of May 10-16, there were 138,733 initial regular unemployment claims (an increase of 29,308 from the previous week) and 1,670,580 total claims for all unemployment benefit categories (an increase of 369,016 from the previous week) filed by Washingtonians, according to the Employment Security Department (ESD).