Private-sector payrolls continued to grow in June and Washington’s unemployment rate fell for the third straight month, to 8.9 percent — the lowest rate since April 2009.
The May unemployment rate was revised upward from 9.1 percent to 9.2 percent after more analysis.
The economy picked up 4,500 private-sector jobs, but registered a net loss of 3,500 jobs for the month. That’s due to 8,000 government jobs being eliminated, about half of which were federal census jobs. So far, Washington has added more than 20,000 private-sector jobs. read more »