To follow up yesterday’s post on unemployment and labor force participation rate, here’s our breakdown of the job growth (or losses) in specific sectors for the Seattle area. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors: Here’s a look at just the last year zoomed in so you can see what’s…
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Seattle Monthly Job Growth Hits 13-Year High in June
New local job stats came out this week, so let’s have a look at the Seattle area’s employment situation. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors: Since things are getting really jumbled together lately on that chart, I broke down just the last year and zoomed in so you can…
Seattle-Area Adds More Jobs, Unemployment Dips Below 5%
New local job stats came out this week, so let’s have a look at the Seattle area’s employment situation. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors: Construction growth dipped again, and has fallen from a 10.2% year-over-year gain in January to 3.1% in May. With 5.7% year-over-year growth, the retail…
Seattle Unemployment Drops Again as Job Gains Continue
New local job stats came out this week, so let’s have a look at the Seattle area’s employment situation. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors: Construction growth dipped again, dropping from a 5.9% year-over-year gain in February to 5.2% in March. With 6.4% year-over-year growth, the retail sector was…
Job Gains Moderate in February as Unemployment Dips
New local job stats came out this week, so let’s have a look at the Seattle area’s employment situation. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors: Construction growth fell off, dropping from an 8.2% year-over-year gain in January to just 5.4% in February, and the over ten percent gains we…