The state Employment Security Department issued its employment report for Septemberthis morning. The preliminary estimate is that seasonally adjusted employment in Washington fell by 600 from August to September. The estimate of July to August job growth was revised to a gain of 3,700, from the preliminary loss of 1,500 jobs announced in last month’s report.

As I have noted frequently on this blog, initial estimates of job gains or losses are sometimes subject to large revisions when more complete information is available from unemployment insurance tax returns. (See this post.)

The preliminary estimate of September’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the state is 5.7 percent. The estimate of August’s unemployment rate was unchanged from the initial figure of 5.6 percent.

The September employment report is available here.