Employment by Occupational Groups in Washington State


Areas :

Areas in Washington

Area Name Occupation Group Estimated
Employment
Pct. of Total
Employment
Growth Rate Mean Hrly Wage Go
To :
Washington State Office and Administrative Support Occupations 443,686 13.82% 1.55% $17.72 Show Details
Washington State Sales and Related Occupations 328,126 10.22% 1.68% $18.55 Show Details
Washington State Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 244,633 7.62% 1.67% $12.00 Show Details
Washington State Education, Training, and Library Occupations 198,307 6.18% 0.33% $24.52 Show Details
Washington State Transportation and Material Moving Occupations 197,118 6.14% 2.00% $17.82 Show Details
Washington State Construction and Extraction Occupations 161,494 5.03% 0.75% $25.36 Show Details
Washington State Management Occupations 157,610 4.91% 1.46% $54.61 Show Details
Washington State Production Occupations 156,839 4.88% 2.37% $18.99 Show Details
Washington State Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 151,979 4.73% 1.49% $37.66 Show Details
Washington State Business and Financial Operations Occupations 149,618 4.66% 1.41% $33.77 Show Details
Washington State Personal Care and Service Occupations 144,747 4.51% 1.58% $13.53 Show Details
Washington State Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maint. Occs 126,580 3.94% 1.81% $13.90 Show Details
Washington State Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 118,921 3.7% 1.22% $23.12 Show Details
Washington State Computer and Mathematical Occupations 118,212 3.68% 2.83% $41.44 Show Details
Washington State Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations 89,280 2.78% 0.31% $14.73 Show Details
Washington State Healthcare Support Occupations 84,039 2.62% 1.85% $15.23 Show Details
Washington State Architecture and Engineering Occupations 82,699 2.58% 1.74% $38.89 Show Details
Washington State Arts, Design, Entertainmnt, Sports, and Media Occs 65,581 2.04% 1.80% $24.96 Show Details
Washington State Protective Service Occupations 57,007 1.78% -0.02% $25.51 Show Details
Washington State Community and Social Services Occupations 56,204 1.75% 1.00% $21.21 Show Details
Washington State Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations 50,740 1.58% 0.85% $31.41 Show Details
Washington State Legal Occupations 27,216 .85% 0.57% $41.40 Show Details

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Data Source : WA State Employment Security Dept. : Labor Market Economic Analysis
Website : Learn About an Occupation

Wage Data : is for March 2011
Employment Data (including Growth Rates and Estimated and Projected Employment: is for 2nd Qrtr. 2010 - 2nd Qrtr. 2012 (published May 2011)
Demand Data : published in May 2011.

The UI Ratio is the number of unemployment insurance claims divided by estimated employment for second quarter 2010.
A lower number indicates that fewer UI Claims were made for the given occupation and a blank ratio -- indicated by just a '%' sign -- shows that no UI Claims were made for the occupation.

Demand Designations : are relative to a given area. So, an occupation deemed to be 'Not In Demand' statewide could still be 'In Demand' within a sub-state area, such as, Spokane.

For comparison purposes the average Wages and Growth Rates by Area within Washington are as follow:

Area NameMean Annual WageMean Hourly WageAverage
Short-term Growth Rate
Washington State $49,514$23.801.49%
Olympic Consortium $45,566$21.910.86%
Pacific Mountain $43,760$21.041.22%
Northwest $41,861$20.121.40%
Snohomish County $50,213$24.141.84%
Seattle-King County $56,287$27.061.67%
Pierce County $46,161$22.191.37%
SW Washington $45,103$21.691.57%
North Central Washington$38,932 $18.711.03%
South Central$39,008 $18.760.88%
Eastern Washington$42,691 $20.530.93%
Benton-Franklin$48,214 $23.181.18%
Spokane$42,594 $20.481.66%


Further information regarding the data, including a description of the methodology used to construct the Demand-Decline rankings for individual occupations, can be found in the 'About the Data' section of this website.

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