job growth
Amazon Is Helping to Drive Double-Digit Growth in Job Openings in the Seattle Area
Seattle ranked as the leading major market for job openings as of October, Glassdoor study finds
Driven by a thriving tech industry, the Seattle area recorded the fastest growth in job openings year over year as of October of the 10 major cities analyzed by online job site Glassdoor. Job openings in Seattle were up 15.5% over the period, with 122,950 job openings offering a median base pay of $64,639. That…
Greater Seattle Unemployment Plunges to 4.1 Percent in August from 4.4 percent in July
Numbers improve in spite of a labor force increase of 8,000 people in the Seattle/Bellevue/Everett region.
You’ve seen the cranes and been stuck in the traffic. Now look at the numbers. The unemployment rate in the Greater Seattle region including Seattle, Bellevue and Everett fell to 4.1 percent in August from 4.4 percent the month before in spite of an increase of 8,000 people in its labor force, according to Washington’s…