Employment was looking up in Kitsap County for the first seven months of the year.
That changed in August when employment took a dive. The 83,700 working for Kitsap employers in September was roughly the same as in the previous two years:
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Private employment remained steady from August to September, according to the Employment Security Department. Government employment fell by 100.
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Employment was also down among Kitsap County residents in September. About 880 fewer people were employed last month than in August.
The labor force, the number of people working or actively seeking work, also shrank over the same period, keeping the county’s unemployment rate steady at 5.3 percent.
Despite the dip from August, 290 more people were employed in September than at the same time in 2013. Overall, employment among Kitsap residents appears to be stabilizing this year after declining each year since 2008.
