Wage & Salary Employment

Year	U.S.	Washington
2007	3,194,420	144,815,000
2006	3,121,441	143,321,000
2005	3,029,519	140,973,000
2004	2,954,619	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

1980-2007

From 1980 through 2001:

• Wage and salary employment in Washington grew a total of 64.3 percent compared to 41.8 percent nationwide.
• Manufacturing jobs in Washington grew by 10.2 percent, while declining by 13.2 percent nationwide.
• Over 480,000 service jobs alone were added to Washington's labor market, many of these in business services and health care establishments.

From 2001 through 2007:

• Wage and salary employment in Washington grew 8.6 percent, twice that of the 4.3 percent national growth rate.
• Though employment growth stalled in 2002 and 2003, job growth accelerated markedly from 2004 through 2007.
• Washington employment growth out-performed the nation overall in 20 out of 24 major industry sectors.
• A strong local economy and solid population growth spurred construction jobs which grew 30.5 percent in Washington compared to 11.2 percent for the nation.

Data Sources:

• U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Last modified: June 8, 2009
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