Snohomish County unemployment rates fell in November

EVERETT — Unemployment in Snohomish County fell by half a percentage point between October and November, from 4.5% to 4%, preliminary reports from the Employment Security Department show.

Those numbers aren’t adjusted for regular seasonal changes in employment levels, but it represents a bounce back after unemployment rates rose slightly in October.

In November 2023, unemployment in Snohomish County was at only 3.6%. Over the past year, unemployment rates rose to a high of 4.9% in July and have declined since.

October’s relatively high unemployment rate of 4.5% bucked a downward trend. This was partly due to the strike by 17,000 Boeing machinists, according to a report from the state Employment Security Department’s chief labor economist, Anneliese Vance-Sherman. The strike coming to an end likely aided the half-percent drop in unemployment between October and November.

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