Unemployment in Washington rose to six percent in August, according to numbers released by the Washington State Employment Security Department. That’s up 1.5% over last August’s unemployment rate, and brings the state to virtually the same as August’s national rate of 6.1%.

The Seattle-based, labor-oriented think tank recently released a report on “The State of Working Washington 2008.”

Washington’s strongest-performing employment sector last month was local government, which added a seasonally adjusted 4,400 jobs.

Software publishers added 700 jobs, and hospitals, education services, and bars added 400 jobs each. However, the transportation and warehousing sector lost 500 jobs in August. Clothiers cut their payrolls by 600 jobs, and computer-systems design lost 400 jobs.

Some good news came from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Inflation Report. According to the bureau, which tracks Seattle-area inflation every other month, local prices rose 5.45% between August 2007 and August 2008, versus a 12 month rate of 5.83% in June.

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