Walla Walla County, WA Unemployment Rate Report

Walla Walla County, WA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Walla Walla County, Washington has ranged from 2.9% in November 2021 to 12.8% in January 1992. The current unemployment rate for Walla Walla County is 4.0% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Walla Walla County, WA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Walla Walla County, WA Current Unemployment - 4.0%

Walla Walla County, WA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2022	5.5%	5.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.0%	4.6%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.5%	4.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.8%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.8%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.2%	3.9%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.3%	3.6%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.0%	4.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2021	6.0%	6.8%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.9%	6.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.2%	6.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.8%	5.6%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.9%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	3.9%	5.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.5%	5.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.8%	5.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.2%	4.6%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.3%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.9%	3.9%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.6%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2020	5.3%	4.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.9%	4.2%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.5%	5.4%	4.4%
4 / 2020	11.1%	15.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	10.7%	14.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	6.7%	9.9%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.4%	10.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.1%	8.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.4%	7.8%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.6%	5.6%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.2%	6.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.5%	6.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2019	6.5%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.3%	5.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	6.0%	4.8%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.9%	4.1%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.5%	4.1%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.9%	4.2%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.8%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.7%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.0%	3.7%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.9%	3.6%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.1%	3.9%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.8%	4.0%	3.5%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2018	6.5%	5.3%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.2%	5.2%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.3%	4.8%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.8%	4.2%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.2%	4.1%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.6%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.4%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.4%	4.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.9%	4.0%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.1%	4.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.5%	4.4%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.4%	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2017	7.1%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.4%	5.5%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.6%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.7%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.5%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.7%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.6%	4.5%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.6%	4.6%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.2%	4.3%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.2%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.6%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.4%	4.7%	4.1%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2016	7.0%	6.1%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.9%	6.1%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.2%	5.8%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.5%	5.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.0%	5.1%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.2%	5.2%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.0%	5.1%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.0%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.5%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.4%	4.7%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.8%	4.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.7%	5.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2015	7.7%	6.5%	5.7%
2 / 2015	7.2%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.6%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.0%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.7%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.8%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.7%	5.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.5%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.0%	5.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.7%	5.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.6%	5.6%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.4%	5.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2014	7.6%	7.0%	6.6%
2 / 2014	7.9%	7.2%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.9%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.6%	5.7%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.8%	6.0%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.4%	5.8%	6.1%
7 / 2014	5.7%	6.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.9%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.3%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.1%	5.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.6%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	6.6%	5.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2013	9.1%	8.3%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.8%	8.1%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.1%	7.4%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.2%	6.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.2%	6.9%	7.5%
6 / 2013	6.8%	7.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	6.8%	6.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.5%	6.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.1%	6.4%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.1%	6.5%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.1%	6.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.2%	6.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2012	9.0%	9.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.0%	9.4%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.3%	8.9%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.2%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.5%	8.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	7.2%	8.2%	8.2%
7 / 2012	7.5%	8.2%	8.2%
8 / 2012	7.4%	7.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.6%	7.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.2%	7.2%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.2%	7.3%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.5%	7.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2011	9.7%	10.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	9.5%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.8%	9.9%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.0%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.4%	9.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	7.7%	9.4%	9.1%
7 / 2011	7.6%	9.1%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.9%	9.0%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.2%	8.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.8%	8.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.9%	8.7%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.8%	8.8%	8.5%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2010	9.8%	11.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.6%	11.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.2%	10.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	8.3%	10.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.3%	9.9%	9.6%
6 / 2010	7.4%	9.8%	9.4%
7 / 2010	7.3%	9.5%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.6%	9.6%	9.5%
9 / 2010	7.1%	9.3%	9.5%
10 / 2010	6.6%	9.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.2%	9.8%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.9%	9.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2009	7.4%	7.9%	7.8%
2 / 2009	7.6%	8.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.1%	8.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	6.4%	8.3%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.4%	8.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	6.4%	9.2%	9.5%
7 / 2009	6.1%	9.2%	9.5%
8 / 2009	6.7%	9.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	6.4%	9.7%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.5%	9.7%	10.0%
11 / 2009	6.9%	9.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.3%	10.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2008	6.8%	5.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.6%	5.5%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.8%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.0%	4.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.2%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.8%	5.2%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.8%	5.2%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.7%	5.4%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.4%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.3%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.7%	6.0%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.6%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2007	7.2%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	7.0%	5.5%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.0%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.3%	4.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.2%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.8%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.0%	4.6%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.8%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.6%	4.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.2%	4.2%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.1%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.5%	4.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2006	7.9%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2006	7.7%	5.8%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.8%	5.3%	4.7%
4 / 2006	6.0%	4.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.0%	5.0%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.4%	5.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.3%	5.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.3%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.9%	4.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.3%	4.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.3%	5.0%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.7%	4.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2005	8.0%	6.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	7.8%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.7%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.3%	5.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.6%	5.4%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.3%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.4%	5.3%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.4%	5.3%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.2%	5.2%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.0%	4.9%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.8%	5.4%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.3%	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2004	9.1%	7.7%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.8%	7.5%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.8%	7.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.4%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.6%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.9%	6.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.5%	5.9%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.3%	5.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.7%	5.4%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.8%	5.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.7%	5.8%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.6%	5.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2003	9.1%	8.1%	5.8%
2 / 2003	9.0%	8.2%	5.9%
3 / 2003	8.1%	8.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.8%	7.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.5%	7.3%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.4%	7.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.0%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.2%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.7%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.4%	6.6%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.1%	7.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	7.9%	7.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2002	9.8%	8.3%	5.7%
2 / 2002	9.0%	8.2%	5.7%
3 / 2002	8.4%	8.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	8.3%	7.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.2%	7.3%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.1%	7.3%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.0%	7.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.0%	7.1%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.4%	6.7%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.3%	6.6%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.5%	7.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.2%	7.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2001	9.1%	6.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	8.6%	6.6%	4.2%
3 / 2001	8.1%	6.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	7.6%	5.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.6%	5.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.8%	6.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.8%	5.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.2%	6.2%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.5%	5.9%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.6%	6.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.8%	7.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	7.9%	7.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2000	8.5%	5.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	8.5%	5.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	7.7%	5.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	6.5%	4.8%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.5%	5.0%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.3%	5.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.3%	5.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.6%	5.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.1%	4.7%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.8%	4.6%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.8%	5.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	7.3%	5.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1999	10.4%	5.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	9.8%	5.8%	4.4%
3 / 1999	8.5%	5.2%	4.2%
4 / 1999	7.8%	4.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	6.2%	4.8%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.8%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.5%	4.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.3%	4.7%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.0%	4.5%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.7%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 1999	5.2%	4.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	7.0%	4.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1998	9.4%	5.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	8.8%	5.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	8.3%	5.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	5.6%	4.3%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.8%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.6%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	5.2%	4.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	5.4%	4.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	5.2%	4.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	5.3%	4.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	7.1%	4.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	8.7%	4.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1997	9.6%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 1997	9.4%	6.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	7.8%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 1997	7.2%	5.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.9%	4.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.6%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.9%	4.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.2%	4.6%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.5%	4.3%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.4%	4.1%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.8%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	7.5%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1996	9.9%	7.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	9.8%	7.2%	5.5%
3 / 1996	8.8%	6.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.7%	6.2%	5.6%
5 / 1996	6.4%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.4%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.1%	5.8%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.6%	5.6%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.1%	5.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.4%	5.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	6.9%	5.5%	5.4%
12 / 1996	7.8%	5.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1995	9.1%	7.1%	5.6%
2 / 1995	9.4%	7.3%	5.4%
3 / 1995	8.4%	6.7%	5.4%
4 / 1995	7.1%	6.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.9%	6.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.6%	6.3%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.9%	6.2%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.0%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.7%	5.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.6%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.4%	6.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	7.2%	6.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1994	9.8%	8.0%	6.6%
2 / 1994	9.6%	8.1%	6.6%
3 / 1994	8.7%	7.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	6.3%	6.8%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.7%	6.3%	6.1%
6 / 1994	3.9%	6.3%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.1%	6.1%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.1%	6.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.1%	5.7%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.4%	5.6%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.8%	6.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	7.2%	6.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1993	10.9%	8.9%	7.3%
2 / 1993	10.7%	8.8%	7.1%
3 / 1993	10.1%	8.1%	7.0%
4 / 1993	8.1%	7.3%	7.1%
5 / 1993	5.0%	7.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	4.7%	7.2%	7.0%
7 / 1993	5.2%	7.0%	6.9%
8 / 1993	5.1%	6.9%	6.8%
9 / 1993	4.4%	6.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.8%	6.5%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.3%	6.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	7.5%	6.8%	6.5%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1992	12.8%	8.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	12.4%	8.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	11.0%	7.7%	7.4%
4 / 1992	6.8%	6.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.9%	7.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	6.0%	7.2%	7.8%
7 / 1992	6.3%	6.9%	7.7%
8 / 1992	6.5%	7.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	5.8%	6.8%	7.6%
10 / 1992	5.9%	6.8%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.9%	7.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	10.0%	7.8%	7.4%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1991	11.6%	7.1%	6.4%
2 / 1991	12.4%	7.2%	6.6%
3 / 1991	11.0%	6.7%	6.8%
4 / 1991	9.5%	5.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.0%	6.0%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.5%	6.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.8%	5.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.7%	6.0%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.6%	5.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.0%	5.8%	7.0%
11 / 1991	8.2%	6.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	9.8%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Walla Walla County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1990	10.3%	6.3%	5.4%
2 / 1990	10.5%	6.5%	5.3%
3 / 1990	9.9%	5.8%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.5%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.1%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.6%	4.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.1%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.6%	4.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.8%	4.5%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.7%	4.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	6.8%	5.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	9.2%	5.8%	6.3%