2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
East Wenatchee, WA vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Olympia has been positive.
- Olympia has 0.3% more unemployment than East Wenatchee.
- Olympia job growth has increased by 14.2% in the past 10 years.
 East Wenatchee, WAOlympia, WAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth38.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-2.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock9.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth9.3%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for East Wenatchee    1 Reviews

I was lucky to get a job transfer to East Wenatchee in 2014 from Austin, Texas. As someone who loves the outdoors my partner and I were concerned about the climate and  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 4 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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