These Are The 10 Cities In Washington With The Lowest Unemployment Rate

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If you find yourself dissatisfied with where your career is, but not your home, you might be looking for a new job within your community — but how hard will finding one be in your hometown? To help, we present to you the cities in Washington with the strongest job markets by unemployment rates.

Many people live where they do because a job brought them there, but if you’re trying to live up to a millennial stereotype and move to Washington for some arbitrary reason… or even looking for a new job or moving to a state first and getting a job after, then the job market’s strength is especially important for you.

Well we went to the source of all things demographic data – the Census – to figure out which cities have the lowest unemployment. We set a threshold of city population and found data for each city in the Evergreen State and crunched the numbers to find the cream of the crop:

Even if you’re an employer looking for a strong community to relocate to, a highly employed population is a powerful indicator of a community’s overall health. And, in that regard, Mill Creek takes the cake as the place in Washington with the lowest unemployment rate.

Read on to see how we help you identify those places in Washington that have the most robust job force.

Or for more Washington job information, check out:

How We Determined The Cities In Washington With The Lowest Unemployment Rates

Before we could dive into what Washington’s most employed cities were, we needed to know where to look in the first place. We settled upon any place with over 10,000 people and data available for our criteria.

This left us with 78 places in Washington.

We then looked at the unemployment rates to determine the cream from the crop when it comes to low unemployment, and our data comes directly from the latest American Community Survey from the Census.

We thought the rate alone was representative of the current state of each city’s job market with the potential for a person to get a job there, whether they were making an intrastate, interstate, or intercity job transfer.

We ranked all the cities for the criteria from one to 78 with one being the “most employed city in Washington”. Where there was a tie, the winner went to the bigger city.

If your city or town isn’t among the top ten, jump down to the bottom of the post to see a detailed chart. Otherwise, learn more about how the top ten cities achieved their potential.

1. Mill Creek

Population: 18,667
Unemployment Rate: 3.3%
Mill Creek comes in at the top of our list, taking the cake and not sharing a bit of it with only 3.3 percent unemployment, easily blowing away the competition as the top contender.

Certain perks come with being the gold medalist like always having a job.

2. Sammamish

Population: 49,077
Unemployment Rate: 4.0%
You might say that second place is actually the first place loser, but Sammamish doesn’t… because it doesn’t look nearly as good on a dating profile as as “first runner-up” or “silver medalist”.

3. Lynden

Population: 12,579
Unemployment Rate: 4.3%
And rounding out our champions’ podium is Lynden, earning the bronze medal with a score of 4.3 percent in the unemployment rate category.

4. Snoqualmie

Population: 11,625
Unemployment Rate: 4.4%
Following right behind in the number four slot is Snoqualmie. With a population of 11625 residents, Snoqualmie is a solid place to move in Washington if you plan on getting your career search started.

5. Newcastle

Population: 10,792
Unemployment Rate: 4.9%
The coveted #5 spot has fallen to the residents in Newcastle. Numbering around 10792 people, this city is doing it big with decidedly desirable unemployment rate of 4.9%.

I’m really happy for them, you know, what with their stable careers and all.

6. Bainbridge Island

Population: 23,206
Unemployment Rate: 4.9%
The city of Bainbridge Island is coming in at #6 with some solid numbers — not enough to blow you away, but enough to make you think twice about moving to another city you were thinking of just because of the dog parks.

7. Mercer Island

Population: 23,636
Unemployment Rate: 5.1%
Taking the bittersweet #7 spot is the town of Mercer Island. With a unemployment rate of 5.1 percent, this city is doing big things like a boss — like the one that’ll be hiring you in this solid job market.

8. Redmond

Population: 56,704
Unemployment Rate: 5.1%
Coming in at #8, Redmond has a job market strong enough to tempt people away from some of Washington’s flashier cities where the unemployment rate isn’t as competitive.

9. Woodinville

Population: 11,201
Unemployment Rate: 5.2%
Finishing strong at #9 the town of Woodinville, where the unemployment rate is strong enough to keep this city, which is not at allknown as “The City of Hopes and Dreams”, but should consider adopting it.

10. Issaquah

Source: Wikipedia

Population: 32,551
Unemployment Rate: 5.5%
Rounding out our list and coming in at #10 is the city of Issaquah, Washington. Don’t forget, just because it’s last place in this top ten list, that’s still out of 78.

Issaquah’s parents are still proud of its life choices.

There You Have It – Unemployment Across Washington

There you have it folks, the Ten Cities With the Lowest Unemployment in the state of {state}. They have the numbers and jobs to back it up.

If you’re just dying to move to the {nickname} and feel like throwing caution to the wind and moving-first- getting-employed-later, stick to the cities in our top ten.

If you’d like more information on different cities and states around the U.S. be sure to visit www.zippia.com to have all of your questions answered — and if you’re a recent college graduate thinking about moving states, check out which states college grads tend to stay in and which states they abandon.

Here’s a quick look are the places in Washington with the highest unemployment rate:

Kelso
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Detailed List Of Cities With The Lowest Unemployment In Washington

City	Rank	Unemployment
Mill Creek	1	3.3%
Sammamish	2	4.0%
Lynden	3	4.3%
Snoqualmie	4	4.4%
Newcastle	5	4.9%
Bainbridge Island	6	4.9%
Mercer Island	7	5.1%
Redmond	8	5.1%
Woodinville	9	5.2%
Issaquah	10	5.5%
Enumclaw	11	5.6%
Seattle	12	5.7%
Richland	13	5.8%
Edmonds	14	5.9%
Anacortes	15	6.2%
Kirkland	16	6.2%
Kenmore	17	6.3%
Covington	18	6.3%
Renton	19	6.3%
Camas	20	6.4%
Lynnwood	21	6.4%
Bellevue	22	6.4%
Lake Forest Park	23	6.7%
Mukilteo	24	6.7%
Mountlake Terrace	25	6.8%
Kennewick	26	6.9%
Burien	27	7.0%
Des Moines	28	7.0%
Bothell	29	7.0%
Wenatchee	30	7.1%
Monroe	31	7.2%
Lake Stevens	32	7.2%
Bonney Lake	33	7.3%
Tumwater	34	7.3%
West Richland	35	7.3%
East Wenatchee	36	7.3%
Pasco	37	7.4%
Shoreline	38	7.7%
Battle Ground	39	7.8%
Ellensburg	40	8.0%
Kent	41	8.2%
Walla Walla	42	8.2%
Auburn	43	8.2%
Federal Way	44	8.3%
Lacey	45	8.4%
Moses Lake	46	8.4%
Maple Valley	47	8.6%
Tukwila	48	8.6%
Oak Harbor	49	8.6%
Ferndale	50	8.6%
Puyallup	51	8.7%
Spokane Valley	52	8.7%
Olympia	53	8.8%
Marysville	54	8.9%
Spokane	55	9.0%
Mount Vernon	56	9.1%
Washougal	57	9.1%
Bellingham	58	9.1%
Aberdeen	59	9.2%
Everett	60	9.2%
Seatac	61	9.3%
Sunnyside	62	9.3%
Arlington	63	9.4%
Vancouver	64	9.5%
Bremerton	65	9.8%
Tacoma	66	10.1%
Sedro-Woolley	67	10.3%
Pullman	68	10.4%
University Place	69	10.4%
Yakima	70	10.5%
Cheney	71	10.6%
Port Orchard	72	10.9%
Port Angeles	73	11.5%
Longview	74	11.9%
Lakewood	75	13.2%
Centralia	76	14.3%
Grandview	77	15.1%
Kelso	78	18.4%

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Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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