Grays Harbor, Pacific county unemployment rates fall - The Daily World

The Washington state Employment Security Department (ESD) recently released the unemployment rates for September 2026, showing that unemployment decreased in both Grays Harbor and Pacific counties from August. Specifically, Grays Harbor County’s unemployment rate decreased from to 5.4% to 4.3%; Pacific County fell from 6.1% to 4.6%. Lewis County’s unemployment rate fell from 5.6% in August to 4.3% in September, while Thurston County saw its unemployment similarly fall from 4.3% to 3.4%. In Skamania County, the unemployment rate fell from 4.1% to 3.6%; Wahkiakum County fell from 6.5% to 5.6%; in Clark County, the rate decreased from 4.8% to 3.6%; and Cowlitz County fell from 5.2% in August to 4.0% in September.