A hiring sign for tree care service work is posted in Wheeling, Ill., Sunday, March 19, 2023. , Washington hasn’t seen this many people receive unemployment checks since September 2021, when residents were about 18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic.“Two trends characterized 2023: The first was slowing payroll growth compared to previous post- years. The second was a tight labor market with low unemployment rates,” ESD’s Chief Labor Economist, Anneliese Vance-Sherman, said in a news release.
More than 9,500 more people were paid unemployment from last December to January. A total of 77,692 Washington residents received unemployment. The industries that saw the largest job losses from January 2023 to January 2024 were construction and information jobs.The workplaces that hired the most people during the year were education and health services , government and leisure and hospitality ., most people were hired specifically in ambulatory health care services like doctors’ offices. Many people were also hired in computer systems design and architectural and engineering services.
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