Unemployment rate in Skagit County climbs to 7.6%
The unemployment rate in Skagit County was 7.6% in November, up from 6.5% in October, according to a monthly report from Economic Security Department Regional Labor Economist Anneliese Vance-Sherman.
The unemployment rate in November 2019 was 5.1%.
The number of those counted as employed decreased by 3,671 (6.1%), and the number of those counted as unemployed increased by 1,413 (43.9%), compared to November 2019, the report states. Skagit Countyâs resident labor force shrunk as a whole, decreasing by 3.6% over the year.
Skagit County added 300 non-farm jobs between October and November, while the number of jobs decreased by 3,400 or 6.5% over the year, the report states.