Ongoing unemployment claims in Washington state are 20% higher compared with this time last year, according to the Employment Security Department. A growing backlog has prompted the state agency to ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Washington rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 4 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased again last week, economists estimated on Thursday, hinting at some early layoffs of ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington's unemployment rate is holding steady at 4.5%, a report released Wednesday shows. This is slightly higher than the national average of 4.2% reported in July 2025. RELATED: ...

Jobless claim applications surged last week, reaching their highest point in four years. The number of people in the United States who filed for unemployment in the week ending Sept. 6 rose by 27,000 ...

U.S. jobless claims rose last week but didn’t spike, according to investment banks crunching state-level data.

Washington ongoing unemployment claims rise 20% year-over-year; backlog expands ESD launches 90-day call-center pilot to focus staff on claims processing Federal shutdown, now entering its fifth week, ...