Grays Harbor & Pacific Counties See Jump In Unemployment

Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 10:46 AM

Grays Harbor and Pacific counties both saw a jump in unemployment last month.

Grays Harbor and Pacific counties both saw a jump in unemployment last month. In Grays Harbor, the available workforce increased by 286 but the total unemployment went up 419. That puts Gray Harbor going from a 6 percent to a 7.4 percent unemployment rate from October to November. Pacific County went from 6.9 percent in October to 7.4 percent unemployment last month. Statewide, the unemployment rate rose to 4 percent in November.

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