# Counties in Washington by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 39 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/washington-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/washington-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ferry County | 6.8 |
| 2 | Wahkiakum County | 6.5 |
| 3 | Pacific County | 6.1 |
| 4 | Lewis County | 5.6 |
| 5 | Yakima County | 5.5 |
| 6 | Grays Harbor County | 5.4 |
| 7 | Grant County | 5.3 |
| 8 | Cowlitz County | 5.2 |
| 8 | Mason County | 5.2 |
| 10 | Pierce County | 5.1 |
| 11 | Lincoln County | 4.9 |
| 11 | Pend Oreille County | 4.9 |
| 11 | Stevens County | 4.9 |
| 14 | Clark County | 4.8 |
| 14 | Skagit County | 4.8 |
| 14 | Snohomish County | 4.8 |
| 17 | Douglas County | 4.7 |
| 17 | Franklin County | 4.7 |
| 17 | King County | 4.7 |
| 20 | Kittitas County | 4.6 |
| 21 | Klickitat County | 4.5 |
| 21 | Okanogan County | 4.5 |
| 21 | Whatcom County | 4.5 |
| 24 | Benton County | 4.4 |
| 24 | Clallam County | 4.4 |
| 26 | Island County | 4.3 |
| 26 | Jefferson County | 4.3 |
| 26 | Kitsap County | 4.3 |
| 26 | Thurston County | 4.3 |
| 30 | Walla Walla County | 4.2 |
| 30 | Whitman County | 4.2 |
| 32 | Skamania County | 4.1 |
| 32 | Spokane County | 4.1 |
| 34 | Adams County | 4 |
| 34 | Chelan County | 4 |
| 36 | Columbia County | 3.9 |
| 37 | Garfield County | 3.4 |
| 38 | San Juan County | 3.1 |
| 39 | Asotin County | 2.9 |