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March 20, 2007
The state unemployment rate dropped to 4.8 percent last month from 5.1 percent in January, and state officials are calling Washington's economy "healthy."
Washington added 4,100 jobs in February, which was fewer than the 9,900 jobs that were added in January. Nonetheless, the governor said she was pleased.
"Numbers like these show that Washington is a strong economic leader -- we are still seeing a healthy increase in the number of jobs and that benefits everyone in the state," Gov. Chris Gregoire said in a statement.
Nationally, the unemployment rate fell to 4.5 percent from 4.6 percent in January.
In the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett area, the unemployment rate fell to 4.4 percent from January's 4.5 percent, according to figures compiled by the Employment Security Department.
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