Kitsap wages are below state average, above national
Kitsap County workers earned nearly $1.50 less an hour than the average Washington worker in 2013. But they were $1.26 better off than employees across the U.S. The county also employed a...
View ArticleEmployment: More people looked for work in May
Employment/unemployment The May employment report for Kitsap contained at least one promising nugget. Kitsap’s labor force (the number of people either employed or looking for work) grew by an...
View ArticleIs it time to rename SKIA?
The Port of Bremerton needs to recruit manufacturers to the slow-growing South Kitsap Industrial Area. But most companies outside the region have never heard of Kitsap County, let alone its southern...
View ArticleMixed bag of job numbers midway through 2014
The Kitsap County unemployment rate fell to 5.1 percent by the end of June, due mostly to continued decline in the labor force. Meanwhile, the number of people working for Kitsap County employers...
View ArticleNew owners for Express Employment Professionals
Express Employment Professionals of Kitsap County changed ownership in June. Wayne and Phylis Sargent owned the Bremerton franchise location since 1987. The new owners are Ken and Kristal Baker of Port...
View ArticleJuly employment: Local companies keep hiring
Familiar storylines continued in the July employment report for Kitsap County. First, the (relatively) good news: Jobs in Kitsap | Create Infographics The number of jobs supported by Kitsap employers...
View ArticleKitsap poverty rate is low but rising
Nearly six hundred more Kitsap residents were living in poverty last year than in 2012. And while the county’s poverty rate is low compared with other areas, it continues to rise. An estimated 27,727,...
View ArticleMore Kitsap residents found work in August
More Kitsap County residents were working in August, and more were looking for work, according to a monthly labor report. But fewer people held jobs with Kitsap employers. Jobs In Kitsap It’s typical...
View ArticleHow do Kitsap wages stack up?
In a recent post I explored how Kitsap County workers make more than their counterparts across the country, but less than the average Washington worker. Of course it’s not quite that simple. Wages...
View ArticleSeptember employment: local jobs lull continues
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...
View ArticleNew jobs website launched for veterans
On the eve of Veterans Day, the state’s WorkSource program announced a new web tool for connecting veterans and other departing service members with civilian employment. The web portal, called...
View ArticleEmployment: More people looked for work in May
Employment/unemployment The May employment report for Kitsap contained at least one promising nugget. Kitsap’s labor force (the number of people either employed or looking for work) grew by an...
View ArticleIs it time to rename SKIA?
The Port of Bremerton needs to recruit manufacturers to the slow-growing South Kitsap Industrial Area. But most companies outside the region have never heard of Kitsap County, let alone its southern...
View ArticleMixed bag of job numbers midway through 2014
The Kitsap County unemployment rate fell to 5.1 percent by the end of June, due mostly to continued decline in the labor force. Meanwhile, the number of people working for Kitsap County employers...
View ArticleNew owners for Express Employment Professionals
Express Employment Professionals of Kitsap County changed ownership in June. Wayne and Phylis Sargent owned the Bremerton franchise location since 1987. The new owners are Ken and Kristal Baker of Port...
View ArticleJuly employment: Local companies keep hiring
Familiar storylines continued in the July employment report for Kitsap County. First, the (relatively) good news: Jobs in Kitsap | Create Infographics The number of jobs supported by Kitsap employers...
View ArticleKitsap poverty rate is low but rising
Nearly six hundred more Kitsap residents were living in poverty last year than in 2012. And while the county’s poverty rate is low compared with other areas, it continues to rise. An estimated 27,727,...
View ArticleMore Kitsap residents found work in August
More Kitsap County residents were working in August, and more were looking for work, according to a monthly labor report. But fewer people held jobs with Kitsap employers. Jobs In Kitsap It’s typical...
View ArticleMore local jobs, but unemployment still up
October saw more government jobs come on locally, but fewer Kitsap residents working overall. Kitsap County’s unemployment rate — which includes Kitsap residents working in and outside the county —...
View ArticleIs it time to rename SKIA?
The Port of Bremerton needs to recruit manufacturers to the slow-growing South Kitsap Industrial Area. But most companies outside the region have never heard of Kitsap County, let alone its southern...
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