Grays Harbor and Pacific County eighth highest for unemployment

Grays Harbor, WA – Grays Harbor’s unemployment rate dropped slightly and remained outside of the top five for the state.

According to non-seasonally adjusted numbers from the Employment Security Department, Grays Harbor’s unemployment rate fell from 7.8% in January to 7.7% in February which was tied with Pacific County for the eighth highest in the state.

Both Grays Harbor and Pacific County saw single digit lifts in total number of people on unemployment from January to February.

Grays Harbor saw both the labor force and the total number of people employed grow by over 200.

Pacific County had their labor force rise by 108 from January to February and the total number of people employed grew by 100.

Grays Harbor	January 2022	February 2022*	February 2021
Labor Force	29,921	30,151	28,858
Total Employment	27,595	27,822	25,957
Total Unemployment	2,326	2,329	2,901
Unemployment Rate	7.8%	7.7%	10.1%

*Latest month non-seasonally adjusted

Pacific County	January 2022	February 2022*	February 2021
Labor Force	8,839	8,947	8,352
Total Employment	8,156	8,256	7,492
Total Unemployment	683	691	860
Unemployment Rate	7.7%	7.7%	10.3%

*Latest month non-seasonally adjusted