Boeing, Amazon lead major Washington job surge
Washington's job market is rebounding and close to an all-time high, The Seattle Times reports.
Boeing and Amazon are leading the hiring surge. Amazon had 19,857 job openings in the first four months of the year, followed closely by Boeing with 19,737 openings.
Boeing is hiring as many as 80 machinists and 40 engineers, technical workers and interns weekly, union officials told the newspaper.
The state's labor force totaled 4,023,600 people in April 2022, and the unemployment rate was 3.6 percent, state officials report.
Still, the rebound in the state's labor market remains uneven, especially outside of Seattle or in the restaurant sector, for example.
Those who still haven’t found work may not be “feeling like their standard of living is anywhere near an all-time high,” University of Washington Economist Jacob Vigdor said. |