2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Kent, WA vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Olympia has been positive.
- Olympia has 1.7% more unemployment than Kent.
- Olympia job growth has increased by 14.2% in the past 10 years.
 Kent, WAOlympia, WAUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.3%5.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth37.1%42.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.2%-2.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.1%2.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.6%9.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.2%14.2%6.3%
Reviews for Kent    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

hello every one   More

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Western Washington has a moderate climate with summers that do not get too hot as a rule usually the upper 70's to low 80's for a couple months then dropping back to  More

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employment-housing-mass-transit, kent has it  More

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Reviews for Olympia    39 Reviews

We moved here from Kitsap Bremerton/Silverdale WA area and this beats it all the way in all material ways. The only reason not to give it 5 stars is the cost of  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city is horrible. The business have been chased out by homeless. The city government makes it for difficult for businesses to thrive. If you like what Seattle is  More

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Having lived all over the world we decided to retire in Olympia and live on the Puget Sound. Yes it rains but the weather can change dramatically in a day with sun and  More

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