Snohomish County unemployment reaches 5.1%
EVERETT — Unemployment has reached 5.1% in Snohomish County, the highest number in more than three years, according to the chief labor economist for the Washington State Employment Security Department.
The 5.1% unemployment rate in November 2025, the latest month for which data was available, is the highest since September 2022, according to state economist Anneliese Vance-Sherman.
Along with the increased unemployment rate came a small trickle of job growth of 300 workers in Snohomish County between November 2024 and November 2025, Vance-Sherman said.
That’s because of the number of Snohomish County residents who work in the tech sector in King County, a sector that saw rounds of layoffs in the last year.
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