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Wage & Salary Employment

Year	Washington	U.S.
2005	3,027,812	140,967,000
2004	2,953,519	138,847,000
2003	2,915,249	137,406,000
2002	2,902,830	137,664,000
2001	2,942,687	138,831,000
2000	2,939,409	139,002,000
1999	2,883,714	136,193,000
1998	2,813,019	133,070,000
1997	2,734,444	129,750,000
1996	2,636,636	126,807,000
1995	2,569,570	124,481,000
1994	2,522,036	121,596,000
1993	2,463,221	118,722,000
1992	2,423,823	116,662,000
1991	2,388,473	116,079,000
1990	2,370,550	117,594,000

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Washington and U.S. Wage and Salary Employment

1980-2005

• From 1980 to 2000, U.S. wage & salary employment grew by 42.5 percent while Washington wage & salary employment grew by 64 percent. Employment growth in Washington outpaced U.S. employment growth in every major industry division of the economy with the exception of agricultural services, forestry, and fishing.
• Manufacturing employment in Washington grew by 14 percent from 1980 to 2000 while U.S. manufacturing employment fell by 9 percent.
• Washington employment in mining, transportation & public utilities, wholesale trade, retail trade, and services grew 50 percent faster than U.S. employment in the same sectors.
• During the recent U.S. recession (March 2001 - November 2001), Washington employment fell by 1.2 percent while U.S. employment dropped 2.0 percent.
• After the recession, total employment in Washington rose 6.7 percent by the first quarter of 2006, more than double the national growth of 2.9 percent.

Data Sources:

• U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Last modified: May 24, 2007
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