The recession continues to take a toll on Washington's economy, with state officials today saying that the unemployment rate rose to 9.3 percent during June. That was up slightly from 9.1 percent in May and nearly double the rate of 5.2 percent for the same period last year. Despite the fact that more than 10,000 jobs were lost, Gov. Chris Gregoire said that there are signs that the "economy may be stabilizing."

Interestingly, the software publishing category saw an increase in jobs last month. According to the report, 52,400 people were employed in the category in June, according to non-seasonally adjusted estimates. That compares to about 51,700 for the previous month and 51,000 for the same period last year.

That's a small percentage increase, but at least the industry is not losing jobs like other sectors.

Meanwhile, the computer systems design category saw a decline of 1.2 percent with 32,100 employed in the sector last month.

Overall, the larger Information category -- which includes many tech jobs as well as finance and real estate -- saw a decline in jobs of 4.9 percent in June compared to the same period last year.