Employers added more workers than projected in February, but the jobless rate unexpectedly climbed from a five-year low.

Poverty in the state has trailed the U.S. level for at least seven years.

Boeing Co., the worlds largest planemaker, will freeze pensions for 68,000 nonunion employees and executives, shifting benefit payments to a 401(k)-style plan, as it works to cut costs.

More than 600,000 employees and dependents enrolled in health plans via Aon Hewitts exchange during the 2014 enrollment period last fall.