WA is a stressful place to work, but ranks high in economic environment: report

Some of the top companies to work for in the U.S. call Washington home. So where does the state land in a ranking of the best and worst states for jobs?

Overall, Washington scored No. 16 on the list of the best states to find a job, according to a report published last week by personal finance company WalletHub. Massachusetts ranked first and West Virginia came up last.

But drilling down into the metrics provides a sort of split-screen effect in terms of Washington’s economic environment and job-market rankings.

For instance, Washington was No. 1 on WalletHub’s economic-environment ranking, which considered factors including median annual income, share of workers living in poverty and commuter-friendly jobs. Yet it took 43rd place in the report’s job-market ranking.

The state lagged in