# Cities in Washington by unemployed people, 2025

All 47 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/washington-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Seattle, WA | 21,253 |
| 2 | Tacoma, WA | 6,281 |
| 3 | Spokane, WA | 4,827 |
| 4 | Vancouver, WA | 4,606 |
| 5 | Kent, WA | 3,709 |
| 6 | Bellevue, WA | 3,523 |
| 7 | Everett, WA | 2,956 |
| 8 | Renton, WA | 2,853 |
| 9 | Federal Way, WA | 2,766 |
| 10 | Yakima, WA | 2,543 |
| 11 | Kirkland, WA | 2,452 |
| 12 | Spokane Valley, WA | 2,334 |
| 13 | Auburn, WA | 2,328 |
| 14 | Bellingham, WA | 2,078 |
| 15 | Pasco, WA | 2,024 |
| 16 | Marysville, WA | 1,999 |
| 17 | Kennewick, WA | 1,945 |
| 18 | Redmond, WA | 1,910 |
| 19 | Lakewood, WA | 1,616 |
| 20 | Shoreline, WA | 1,595 |
| 21 | Sammamish, WA | 1,501 |
| 22 | Burien, WA | 1,473 |
| 23 | Richland, WA | 1,371 |
| 24 | Bothell, WA | 1,309 |
| 25 | Olympia, WA | 1,228 |
| 26 | Lacey, WA | 1,212 |
| 27 | Puyallup, WA | 1,112 |
| 28 | Lake Stevens, WA | 1,043 |
| 29 | Lynnwood, WA | 1,040 |
| 30 | Edmonds, WA | 989 |
| 31 | Issaquah, WA | 949 |
| 32 | SeaTac, WA | 945 |
| 33 | Des Moines, WA | 926 |
| 34 | Bremerton, WA | 884 |
| 35 | Longview, WA | 859 |
| 36 | Wenatchee, WA | 821 |
| 37 | Moses Lake, WA | 820 |
| 38 | University Place, WA | 816 |
| 39 | Mount Vernon, WA | 753 |
| 40 | Walla Walla, WA | 672 |
| 41 | Mountlake Terrace, WA | 655 |
| 42 | Maple Valley, WA | 643 |
| 43 | Pullman, WA | 609 |
| 44 | Tumwater, WA | 586 |
| 45 | Camas, WA | 573 |
| 46 | Mercer Island, WA | 570 |
| 47 | Bainbridge Island, WA | 428 |