Grays Harbor unemployment drops to 7%
Grays Harbor moved to 9th highest unemployment in the state in December
According to the Washington State Employment Security Department’s non-seasonally adjusted numbers, the unemployment rate sat at 7% last month with the highest employment numbers for the year for the county.
580 jobs were added locally from November to December.
A total of 2,128 local residents were unemployed, according to the recent data.
In December 2018, Grays Harbor was tied for 11th in the state at 7.4%.
Pacific County saw a December rate of 6.8% which was the tenth highest in the state.
Ferry County topped the counties with 10.6% unemployment.
Statewide, the December unemployment rate sat at 4.3%.
According to numbers released Wednesday by the Employment Security Department, December’s rate was down from November’s rate of 4.4 percent.
The state also saw a gain of 10,900 jobs during the month.
| County labor force | Civilian Employment | Unemployment | Unemployment | Rate |
| Ferry | 2,648 | 2,367 | 281 | 10.60% |
| Grant | 45,962 | 41,882 | 4,080 | 8.90% |
| Pend Oreille | 5,277 | 4,827 | 450 | 8.50% |
| Yakima | 128,630 | 117,996 | 10,634 | 8.30% |
| Okanogan | 19,334 | 17,741 | 1,593 | 8.20% |
| Adams | 8,972 | 8,269 | 703 | 7.80% |
| Franklin | 42,510 | 39,387 | 3,123 | 7.30% |
| Stevens | 19,759 | 18,344 | 1,415 | 7.20% |
| Grays Harbor | 30,191 | 28,063 | 2,128 | 7.00% |
| Pacific | 8,669 | 8,081 | 588 | 6.80% |
| Wahkiakum | 1,422 | 1,330 | 92 | 6.50% |
| Clallam | 29,029 | 27,213 | 1,816 | 6.30% |
| Douglas | 21,561 | 20,259 | 1,302 | 6.00% |
| Garfield | 897 | 843 | 54 | 6.00% |
| Lewis | 35,432 | 33,301 | 2,131 | 6.00% |
| Mason | 26,193 | 24,686 | 1,507 | 5.80% |
| Columbia | 1,898 | 1,790 | 108 | 5.70% |
| Cowlitz | 48,508 | 45,854 | 2,654 | 5.50% |
| Benton | 104,910 | 99,278 | 5,632 | 5.40% |
| Klickitat | 9,869 | 9,335 | 534 | 5.40% |
| Skagit | 64,106 | 60,628 | 3,478 | 5.40% |
| Jefferson | 13,011 | 12,326 | 685 | 5.30% |
| Kittitas | 23,931 | 22,670 | 1,261 | 5.30% |
| Chelan | 44,954 | 42,611 | 2,343 | 5.20% |
| Lincoln | 5,078 | 4,822 | 256 | 5.00% |
| Spokane | 263,635 | 250,513 | 13,122 | 5.00% |
| Pierce | 458,112 | 436,304 | 21,808 | 4.80% |
| Walla Walla | 30,540 | 29,075 | 1,465 | 4.80% |
| Whatcom | 119,412 | 113,737 | 5,675 | 4.80% |
| Island | 36,997 | 35,271 | 1,726 | 4.70% |
| Skamania | 5,696 | 5,435 | 261 | 4.60% |
| Thurston | 148,616 | 142,094 | 6,522 | 4.40% |
| Kitsap | 133,649 | 128,225 | 5,424 | 4.10% |
| Asotin | 10,779 | 10,354 | 425 | 3.90% |
| Clark | 247,643 | 237,866 | 9,777 | 3.90% |
| Whitman | 24,708 | 23,749 | 959 | 3.90% |
| San Juan | 8,288 | 7,978 | 310 | 3.70% |
| Snohomish | 443,468 | 432,715 | 10,753 | 2.40% |
| King | 1,298,477 | 1,270,598 | 27,879 | 2.10% |
