PORT ANGELES – Clallam County’s unemployment rates dropped more than one percent in September.
According to state figures, the number of people applying for or continuing with unemployment benefits fell to 4.6 percent. That’s down from Augusts’ 5.8 percent. It’s also half the rate of September last year during the height of the pandemic shutdowns.
The number of people in the labor force went up about six hundred people in the past month. The number of people employed rose by about seven hundred between August and September. The state says about thirteen hundred people were unemployed and getting benefits in September.
Jefferson County’s unemployment rate dipped similarly now at 4.4 percent.
Washington State’s unemployment rate is at 4.1 percent.