Washington Unemployment Rate Report

Washington Unemployment by County

Washington Current Unemployment 4.1%

Washington Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Washington has ranged from 3.5% in April 2022 to 15.8% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Washington is 4.1% for August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

WA Highest Unemployment by County

Ferry, WA unemployment rate

8.2%

Pacific, WA unemployment rate

6.6%

Grays Harbor, WA unemployment rate

6.5%

Wahkiakum, WA unemployment rate

6.4%

Pend Oreille, WA unemployment rate

6.4%

Mason, WA unemployment rate

6.0%

Kittitas, WA unemployment rate

5.8%

Yakima, WA unemployment rate

5.7%

Garfield, WA unemployment rate

5.7%

Stevens, WA unemployment rate

5.7%

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WA Unemployment Rate by Month

2012 WA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2022	5.1%	4.0%
2/2022	4.6%	3.8%
3/2022	4.3%	3.6%
4/2022	3.5%	3.6%
5/2022	3.6%	3.6%
5/2022	3.6%	3.6%
6/2022	3.9%	3.6%
7/2022	3.6%	3.5%
8/2022	4.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2021	6.8%	6.3%
2/2021	6.4%	6.2%
3/2021	6.1%	6.0%
4/2021	5.6%	6.1%
5/2021	5.0%	5.8%
6/2021	5.3%	5.9%
7/2021	5.3%	5.4%
8/2021	5.1%	5.2%
9/2021	4.6%	4.7%
10/2021	4.2%	4.6%
11/2021	3.9%	4.2%
12/2021	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2020	4.4%	3.6%
2/2020	4.2%	3.5%
3/2020	5.4%	4.4%
4/2020	15.8%	14.7%
5/2020	14.8%	13.3%
6/2020	9.9%	11.1%
7/2020	10.0%	10.2%
8/2020	8.3%	8.4%
9/2020	7.8%	7.9%
10/2020	5.6%	6.9%
11/2020	6.5%	6.7%
12/2020	6.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2019	5.3%	4.0%
2/2019	5.1%	3.8%
3/2019	4.8%	3.8%
4/2019	4.1%	3.6%
5/2019	4.1%	3.6%
6/2019	4.2%	3.7%
7/2019	4.2%	3.7%
8/2019	4.1%	3.7%
9/2019	3.7%	3.5%
10/2019	3.6%	3.6%
11/2019	3.9%	3.5%
12/2019	4.0%	3.5%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2018	5.3%	4.1%
2/2018	5.2%	4.1%
3/2018	4.8%	4.0%
4/2018	4.2%	3.9%
5/2018	4.1%	3.8%
6/2018	4.3%	4.0%
7/2018	4.2%	3.9%
8/2018	4.2%	3.8%
9/2018	4.0%	3.7%
10/2018	4.0%	3.8%
11/2018	4.4%	3.7%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2017	5.6%	4.7%
2/2017	5.5%	4.7%
3/2017	5.0%	4.4%
4/2017	4.5%	4.4%
5/2017	4.5%	4.4%
6/2017	4.5%	4.3%
7/2017	4.5%	4.3%
8/2017	4.6%	4.4%
9/2017	4.3%	4.2%
10/2017	4.2%	4.1%
11/2017	4.5%	4.2%
12/2017	4.7%	4.1%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2016	6.1%	4.9%
2/2016	6.1%	4.9%
3/2016	5.8%	5.0%
4/2016	5.2%	5.0%
5/2016	5.1%	4.8%
6/2016	5.2%	4.9%
7/2016	5.1%	4.8%
8/2016	5.0%	4.9%
9/2016	4.8%	5.0%
10/2016	4.7%	4.9%
11/2016	4.9%	4.7%
12/2016	5.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2015	6.5%	5.7%
2/2015	6.4%	5.5%
3/2015	6.0%	5.4%
4/2015	5.4%	5.4%
5/2015	5.5%	5.6%
6/2015	5.5%	5.3%
7/2015	5.5%	5.2%
8/2015	5.3%	5.1%
9/2015	5.1%	5.0%
10/2015	5.2%	5.0%
11/2015	5.6%	5.1%
12/2015	5.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2014	7.0%	6.6%
2/2014	7.2%	6.7%
3/2014	6.7%	6.7%
4/2014	5.7%	6.2%
5/2014	6.0%	6.3%
6/2014	5.8%	6.1%
7/2014	6.0%	6.2%
8/2014	6.0%	6.1%
9/2014	5.6%	5.9%
10/2014	5.6%	5.7%
11/2014	6.0%	5.8%
12/2014	5.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2013	8.3%	8.0%
2/2013	8.1%	7.7%
3/2013	7.4%	7.5%
4/2013	6.8%	7.6%
5/2013	6.9%	7.5%
6/2013	7.1%	7.5%
7/2013	6.9%	7.3%
8/2013	6.8%	7.2%
9/2013	6.4%	7.2%
10/2013	6.5%	7.2%
11/2013	6.6%	6.9%
12/2013	6.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2012	9.4%	8.3%
2/2012	9.4%	8.3%
3/2012	8.9%	8.2%
4/2012	8.0%	8.2%
5/2012	8.2%	8.2%
6/2012	8.2%	8.2%
7/2012	8.2%	8.2%
8/2012	7.9%	8.1%
9/2012	7.3%	7.8%
10/2012	7.2%	7.8%
11/2012	7.3%	7.7%
12/2012	7.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2011	10.5%	9.1%
2/2011	10.4%	9.0%
3/2011	9.9%	9.0%
4/2011	9.1%	9.1%
5/2011	9.3%	9.0%
6/2011	9.4%	9.1%
7/2011	9.1%	9.0%
8/2011	9.0%	9.0%
9/2011	8.7%	9.0%
10/2011	8.6%	8.8%
11/2011	8.7%	8.6%
12/2011	8.8%	8.5%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2010	11.3%	9.8%
2/2010	11.2%	9.8%
3/2010	10.9%	9.9%
4/2010	10.0%	9.9%
5/2010	9.9%	9.6%
6/2010	9.8%	9.4%
7/2010	9.5%	9.4%
8/2010	9.6%	9.5%
9/2010	9.3%	9.5%
10/2010	9.1%	9.4%
11/2010	9.8%	9.8%
12/2010	9.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2009	7.9%	7.8%
2/2009	8.5%	8.3%
3/2009	8.5%	8.7%
4/2009	8.3%	9.0%
5/2009	8.7%	9.4%
6/2009	9.2%	9.5%
7/2009	9.2%	9.5%
8/2009	9.6%	9.6%
9/2009	9.7%	9.8%
10/2009	9.7%	10.0%
11/2009	9.9%	9.9%
12/2009	10.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2008	5.3%	5.0%
2/2008	5.5%	4.9%
3/2008	5.2%	5.1%
4/2008	4.7%	5.0%
5/2008	5.0%	5.4%
6/2008	5.2%	5.6%
7/2008	5.2%	5.8%
8/2008	5.4%	6.1%
9/2008	5.1%	6.1%
10/2008	5.4%	6.5%
11/2008	6.0%	6.8%
12/2008	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2007	5.5%	4.6%
2/2007	5.5%	4.5%
3/2007	5.0%	4.4%
4/2007	4.5%	4.5%
5/2007	4.5%	4.4%
6/2007	4.5%	4.6%
7/2007	4.6%	4.7%
8/2007	4.5%	4.6%
9/2007	4.3%	4.7%
10/2007	4.2%	4.7%
11/2007	4.6%	4.7%
12/2007	4.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2006	5.6%	4.7%
2/2006	5.8%	4.8%
3/2006	5.3%	4.7%
4/2006	4.8%	4.7%
5/2006	5.0%	4.6%
6/2006	5.0%	4.6%
7/2006	5.0%	4.7%
8/2006	5.0%	4.7%
9/2006	4.7%	4.5%
10/2006	4.4%	4.4%
11/2006	5.0%	4.5%
12/2006	4.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2005	6.4%	5.3%
2/2005	6.6%	5.4%
3/2005	6.0%	5.2%
4/2005	5.5%	5.2%
5/2005	5.4%	5.1%
6/2005	5.5%	5.0%
7/2005	5.3%	5.0%
8/2005	5.3%	4.9%
9/2005	5.2%	5.0%
10/2005	4.9%	5.0%
11/2005	5.4%	5.0%
12/2005	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2004	7.7%	5.7%
2/2004	7.5%	5.6%
3/2004	7.2%	5.8%
4/2004	6.3%	5.6%
5/2004	6.1%	5.6%
6/2004	6.2%	5.6%
7/2004	5.9%	5.5%
8/2004	5.8%	5.4%
9/2004	5.4%	5.4%
10/2004	5.4%	5.5%
11/2004	5.8%	5.4%
12/2004	5.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2003	8.1%	5.8%
2/2003	8.2%	5.9%
3/2003	8.0%	5.9%
4/2003	7.5%	6.0%
5/2003	7.3%	6.1%
6/2003	7.6%	6.3%
7/2003	7.3%	6.2%
8/2003	7.3%	6.1%
9/2003	6.9%	6.1%
10/2003	6.6%	6.0%
11/2003	7.1%	5.8%
12/2003	7.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2002	8.3%	5.7%
2/2002	8.2%	5.7%
3/2002	8.0%	5.7%
4/2002	7.6%	5.9%
5/2002	7.3%	5.8%
6/2002	7.3%	5.8%
7/2002	7.1%	5.8%
8/2002	7.1%	5.7%
9/2002	6.7%	5.7%
10/2002	6.6%	5.7%
11/2002	7.3%	5.9%
12/2002	7.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2001	6.3%	4.2%
2/2001	6.6%	4.2%
3/2001	6.4%	4.3%
4/2001	5.9%	4.4%
5/2001	5.9%	4.3%
6/2001	6.1%	4.5%
7/2001	5.9%	4.6%
8/2001	6.2%	4.9%
9/2001	5.9%	5.0%
10/2001	6.1%	5.3%
11/2001	7.0%	5.5%
12/2001	7.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/2000	5.7%	4.0%
2/2000	5.9%	4.1%
3/2000	5.5%	4.0%
4/2000	4.8%	3.8%
5/2000	5.0%	4.0%
6/2000	5.0%	4.0%
7/2000	5.1%	4.0%
8/2000	5.2%	4.1%
9/2000	4.7%	3.9%
10/2000	4.6%	3.9%
11/2000	5.2%	3.9%
12/2000	5.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/1999	5.6%	4.3%
2/1999	5.8%	4.4%
3/1999	5.2%	4.2%
4/1999	4.7%	4.3%
5/1999	4.8%	4.2%
6/1999	5.0%	4.3%
7/1999	4.8%	4.3%
8/1999	4.7%	4.2%
9/1999	4.5%	4.2%
10/1999	4.2%	4.1%
11/1999	4.6%	4.1%
12/1999	4.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/1998	5.6%	4.6%
2/1998	5.5%	4.6%
3/1998	5.3%	4.7%
4/1998	4.3%	4.3%
5/1998	4.4%	4.4%
6/1998	4.7%	4.5%
7/1998	4.6%	4.5%
8/1998	4.7%	4.5%
9/1998	4.6%	4.6%
10/1998	4.4%	4.5%
11/1998	4.7%	4.4%
12/1998	4.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/1997	6.1%	5.3%
2/1997	6.1%	5.2%
3/1997	5.7%	5.2%
4/1997	5.0%	5.1%
5/1997	4.8%	4.9%
6/1997	4.8%	5.0%
7/1997	4.6%	4.9%
8/1997	4.6%	4.8%
9/1997	4.3%	4.9%
10/1997	4.1%	4.7%
11/1997	4.3%	4.6%
12/1997	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/1996	7.5%	5.6%
2/1996	7.2%	5.5%
3/1996	6.8%	5.5%
4/1996	6.2%	5.6%
5/1996	6.4%	5.6%
6/1996	5.9%	5.3%
7/1996	5.8%	5.5%
8/1996	5.6%	5.1%
9/1996	5.3%	5.2%
10/1996	5.1%	5.2%
11/1996	5.5%	5.4%
12/1996	5.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/1995	7.1%	5.6%
2/1995	7.3%	5.4%
3/1995	6.7%	5.4%
4/1995	6.4%	5.8%
5/1995	6.3%	5.6%
6/1995	6.3%	5.6%
7/1995	6.2%	5.7%
8/1995	6.4%	5.7%
9/1995	5.9%	5.6%
10/1995	5.8%	5.5%
11/1995	6.5%	5.6%
12/1995	6.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/1994	8.0%	6.6%
2/1994	8.1%	6.6%
3/1994	7.6%	6.5%
4/1994	6.8%	6.4%
5/1994	6.3%	6.1%
6/1994	6.3%	6.1%
7/1994	6.1%	6.1%
8/1994	6.1%	6.0%
9/1994	5.7%	5.9%
10/1994	5.6%	5.8%
11/1994	6.2%	5.6%
12/1994	6.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/1993	8.9%	7.3%
2/1993	8.8%	7.1%
3/1993	8.1%	7.0%
4/1993	7.3%	7.1%
5/1993	7.2%	7.1%
6/1993	7.2%	7.0%
7/1993	7.0%	6.9%
8/1993	6.9%	6.8%
9/1993	6.5%	6.7%
10/1993	6.5%	6.8%
11/1993	6.7%	6.6%
12/1993	6.8%	6.5%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/1992	8.1%	7.3%
2/1992	8.3%	7.4%
3/1992	7.7%	7.4%
4/1992	6.8%	7.4%
5/1992	7.0%	7.6%
6/1992	7.2%	7.8%
7/1992	6.9%	7.7%
8/1992	7.0%	7.6%
9/1992	6.8%	7.6%
10/1992	6.8%	7.3%
11/1992	7.6%	7.4%
12/1992	7.8%	7.4%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/1991	7.1%	6.4%
2/1991	7.2%	6.6%
3/1991	6.7%	6.8%
4/1991	5.9%	6.7%
5/1991	6.0%	6.9%
6/1991	6.1%	6.9%
7/1991	5.8%	6.8%
8/1991	6.0%	6.9%
9/1991	5.8%	6.9%
10/1991	5.8%	7.0%
11/1991	6.7%	7.0%
12/1991	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	WA %	National %
1/1990	6.3%	5.4%
2/1990	6.5%	5.3%
3/1990	5.8%	5.2%
4/1990	5.1%	5.4%
5/1990	5.0%	5.4%
6/1990	4.7%	5.2%
7/1990	4.7%	5.5%
8/1990	4.7%	5.7%
9/1990	4.5%	5.9%
10/1990	4.4%	5.9%
11/1990	5.4%	6.2%
12/1990	5.8%	6.3%