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Snohomish County sees second-lowest unemployment in the state
EVERETT — Snohomish County’s unemployment rate in December was 3.6%, the second-lowest in the state and a small improvement from the previous month’s 3.9%, according to the state Employment Security Department.
Only Snohomish and King counties had rates below 4.0% in Western Washington.
Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate has held steady for the past two months at 3.7%. Washington’s unemployment dropped to 4.2%, down 0.2% from November.
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To the south, King County had the lowest rate in the state, 3.5%. To the north, Skagit was at 5.6%. The highest unemployment rate was in Ferry County, 9.4%.
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/snohomish-county-sees-second-lowest-unemployment-in-the-state/