Washington and U.S. Wage & Salary Manufacturing Employment
1980-2007
- The sharp drop in Washington manufacturing employment from 1998 to 2004 was due primarily to a loss of over 50,000 jobs in the aerospace sector; since then the sector has added over 23,000 jobs.
- Over the last ten years, employment in manufacturing has dropped an average of 2.2 percent per year nationally. The reasons for the loss are two-fold -- productivity gains have allowed fewer workers produce more goods, and the relocation or contracting for manufacturing work overseas (as in Boeing's global production model).
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Last modified: June 8, 2009
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