Seattle's Unemployment rate lowest in 24 years

from the Seattle Times
"For the first time in nearly a decade, Washington's unemployment rate was below the national level, which was 4.5 percent last month.

In the fourth year of Washington's economic expansion, the Seattle metro area has reclaimed its status as the state's job-growth engine, according to another set of data released Tuesday. Payroll-jobs data show that most of the state's employment gains occurred in King and Snohomish counties, where 4,300 jobs were added, mostly in fields such as software, education, health care and professional services."