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Manufacturing Wage & Salary Employment

Year	Washington	U.S.
2005	288,975	14,860,900
2004	280,210	14,905,800
2003	282,040	15,063,000
2002	301,420	15,819,700
2001	332,319	16,994,600
2000	348,501	17,829,608
1999	361,352	17,923,092
1998	377,820	18,166,978
1997	368,782	17,987,535
1996	343,601	17,810,402
1995	329,172	17,770,845
1994	332,099	17,477,950
1993	329,048	17,203,721
1992	339,807	17,243,061
1991	345,960	17,518,986
1990	356,146	18,191,199

Note: The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) has replaced the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system.

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Washington and U.S. Wage & Salary Manufacturing Employment

1980-2005

• The sharp drop in Washington manufacturing employment since 1998 is due mainly to a loss of 36,300 jobs in the aerospace sector (aircraft and parts) between 1998 and 2002.
• Over the last ten years, employment in manufacturing has dropped and average of about 1.6 percent per year nationally, but output per hour per hour has increased by about 4.6 percent per year over those same ten years. That means that fewer workers are able to produce more manufacturing output today compared to ten years ago.

Data Sources:

• U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Last modified: May 24, 2007
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