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No east-west divide in Washington state’s top jobs. Biggest employers the same, study finds

September 3, 2007/

All you Western Washington aerospace workers and Eastern Washington farmers listen up: It turns out you are not such a big deal after all.

In a paradigm-busting report, the state Employment Security Department found the top two employment sectors — health care and retail trade — were the same on both sides of the Cascade Range.

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Full Story: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/330055_biggestjobs03.html

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