Grays Harbor & Pacific County Tied For 2nd Worst Unemployment In Washington

Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 7:33 AM

Rates for both counties went down for April, but not as much as the rest of the state.

Grays Harbor and Pacific County are tied for the 2^nd worst unemployment numbers in Washington. Ironically unemployment rates for both counties went down for April, but not as much as the rest of the state. Grays Harbor’s unemployment number dropped a whole point from March to 6.6 percent in April while Pacific County’s number went from a 7.8 in March to 6.6 last month. Ferry county, at 8.2 percent had the highest unemployment rate in the state.

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