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Statewide Unemployment Dips Slightly

OLYMPIA-The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate drops 20 basis points in September to 5.6%, which is 30 basis points higher than this time last year and 50 basis points higher than the national average.

By Brian K. Miller | Updated on October 18, 2005

OLYMPIA-Unemployment in Washington State dropped two tenths of a percentage point to 5.6% in September, according to data released Tuesday by the State Employment Security Department. Nationally, unemployment rose by two tenths to 5.1%, according to the state agency.

The roughly 16,100 striking Boeing workers in September were not considered unemployed by the state, so did not affect the unemployment rate, according to the report. However, federal standards did count striking workers as unemployed, so instead of statewide seasonally adjusted employment increasing by about 5,500 jobs in September–which is about the monthly average over the past year–it officially decreased by 10,600 jobs. In the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett area, the strike turned a 2,200 job gain into a 13,300 job decline,

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