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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Washington

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Washington was 4,879,224 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.3% from 2024. That is the 14th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, jobs4,879,224
Change on 2024+0.3%
Rank14th of 51US states ranked
Series high4,879,2242025
Series low1,456,7221971

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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Washington, 1969 to 2025

1M2M3M4M5M19691978198719962005201420251969: 1,538,783 jobs1970: 1,491,143 jobs1971: 1,456,722 jobs1972: 1,480,987 jobs1973: 1,558,344 jobs1974: 1,621,514 jobs1975: 1,658,770 jobs1976: 1,738,939 jobs1977: 1,815,067 jobs1978: 1,938,600 jobs1979: 2,057,909 jobs1980: 2,104,574 jobs1981: 2,118,874 jobs1982: 2,093,972 jobs1983: 2,140,060 jobs1984: 2,213,531 jobs1985: 2,277,144 jobs1986: 2,351,448 jobs1987: 2,470,016 jobs1988: 2,599,556 jobs1989: 2,717,905 jobs1990: 2,842,491 jobs1991: 2,877,018 jobs1992: 2,906,917 jobs1993: 2,950,534 jobs1994: 3,059,952 jobs1995: 3,101,334 jobs1996: 3,192,307 jobs1997: 3,298,010 jobs1998: 3,382,924 jobs1999: 3,446,900 jobs2000: 3,526,778 jobs2001: 3,515,729 jobs2002: 3,489,176 jobs2003: 3,516,324 jobs2004: 3,585,288 jobs2005: 3,687,833 jobs2006: 3,798,218 jobs2007: 3,924,866 jobs2008: 3,954,871 jobs2009: 3,815,623 jobs2010: 3,771,422 jobs2011: 3,814,269 jobs2012: 3,909,118 jobs2013: 3,991,961 jobs2014: 4,094,839 jobs2015: 4,199,867 jobs2016: 4,314,703 jobs2017: 4,433,544 jobs2018: 4,539,582 jobs2019: 4,594,388 jobs2020: 4,438,563 jobs2021: 4,578,926 jobs2022: 4,760,255 jobs2023: 4,821,444 jobs2024: 4,863,087 jobs2025: 4,879,224 jobs1M2M3M4M5M19691988200720251969: 1,538,783 jobs1970: 1,491,143 jobs1971: 1,456,722 jobs1972: 1,480,987 jobs1973: 1,558,344 jobs1974: 1,621,514 jobs1975: 1,658,770 jobs1976: 1,738,939 jobs1977: 1,815,067 jobs1978: 1,938,600 jobs1979: 2,057,909 jobs1980: 2,104,574 jobs1981: 2,118,874 jobs1982: 2,093,972 jobs1983: 2,140,060 jobs1984: 2,213,531 jobs1985: 2,277,144 jobs1986: 2,351,448 jobs1987: 2,470,016 jobs1988: 2,599,556 jobs1989: 2,717,905 jobs1990: 2,842,491 jobs1991: 2,877,018 jobs1992: 2,906,917 jobs1993: 2,950,534 jobs1994: 3,059,952 jobs1995: 3,101,334 jobs1996: 3,192,307 jobs1997: 3,298,010 jobs1998: 3,382,924 jobs1999: 3,446,900 jobs2000: 3,526,778 jobs2001: 3,515,729 jobs2002: 3,489,176 jobs2003: 3,516,324 jobs2004: 3,585,288 jobs2005: 3,687,833 jobs2006: 3,798,218 jobs2007: 3,924,866 jobs2008: 3,954,871 jobs2009: 3,815,623 jobs2010: 3,771,422 jobs2011: 3,814,269 jobs2012: 3,909,118 jobs2013: 3,991,961 jobs2014: 4,094,839 jobs2015: 4,199,867 jobs2016: 4,314,703 jobs2017: 4,433,544 jobs2018: 4,539,582 jobs2019: 4,594,388 jobs2020: 4,438,563 jobs2021: 4,578,926 jobs2022: 4,760,255 jobs2023: 4,821,444 jobs2024: 4,863,087 jobs2025: 4,879,224 jobs
jobs. Source: BEA, SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 57 values
Periodjobs
20254,879,224
20244,863,087
20234,821,444
20224,760,255
20214,578,926
20204,438,563
20194,594,388
20184,539,582
20174,433,544
20164,314,703
20154,199,867
20144,094,839
20133,991,961
20123,909,118
20113,814,269
20103,771,422
20093,815,623
20083,954,871
20073,924,866
20063,798,218
20053,687,833
20043,585,288
20033,516,324
20023,489,176
20013,515,729
20003,526,778
19993,446,900
19983,382,924
19973,298,010
19963,192,307
19953,101,334
19943,059,952
19932,950,534
19922,906,917
19912,877,018
19902,842,491
19892,717,905
19882,599,556
19872,470,016
19862,351,448
19852,277,144
19842,213,531
19832,140,060
19822,093,972
19812,118,874
19802,104,574
19792,057,909
19781,938,600
19771,815,067
19761,738,939
19751,658,770
19741,621,514
19731,558,344
19721,480,987
19711,456,722
19701,491,143
19691,538,783

Compared with United States

Place2025
Washington4,879,224
United States218,324,700

Washington compared with nearby places

Alabama: 2,966,686 jobsAlaska: 472,008 jobsArizona: 4,455,141 jobsArkansas: 1,811,561 jobsCalifornia: 25,407,891 jobsColorado: 4,231,488 jobsConnecticut: 2,424,541 jobsDelaware: 678,218 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 896,204 jobsFlorida: 15,174,955 jobsGeorgia: 7,184,433 jobsHawaii: 925,451 jobsIdaho: 1,238,642 jobsIllinois: 8,197,037 jobsIndiana: 4,213,622 jobsIowa: 2,122,389 jobsKansas: 2,007,083 jobsKentucky: 2,718,290 jobsLouisiana: 2,831,737 jobsMaine: 898,379 jobsMaryland: 4,009,451 jobsMassachusetts: 5,020,627 jobsMichigan: 5,946,187 jobsMinnesota: 3,914,167 jobsMississippi: 1,713,294 jobsMissouri: 3,998,549 jobsMontana: 761,061 jobsNebraska: 1,410,465 jobsNevada: 2,163,825 jobsNew Hampshire: 942,254 jobsNew Jersey: 6,095,348 jobsNew Mexico: 1,183,906 jobsNew York: 13,498,360 jobsNorth Carolina: 6,864,520 jobsNorth Dakota: 605,276 jobsOhio: 7,394,537 jobsOklahoma: 2,466,719 jobsOregon: 2,671,758 jobsPennsylvania: 8,150,272 jobsRhode Island: 690,505 jobsSouth Carolina: 3,245,739 jobsSouth Dakota: 665,420 jobsTennessee: 4,633,711 jobsTexas: 20,639,097 jobsUtah: 2,458,247 jobsVermont: 439,349 jobsVirginia: 5,789,397 jobsWashington: 4,879,224 jobsWest Virginia: 910,570 jobsWisconsin: 3,855,203 jobsWyoming: 451,906 jobs
  • Under 900K
  • 900K to 1.8M
  • 1.8M to 2.7M
  • 2.7M to 4.2M
  • 4.2M to 6.6M
  • 6.6M and over
Total employment (jobs, BEA), 2025, jobs. Washington is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Average annual number of full-time and part-time jobs located in a place, wage and salary jobs plus proprietors (self-employed and partners), farm and nonfarm. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 7010, nation and states.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice, and jobs are counted where they are, not where the worker lives. Broader than oews_employment, which leaves out the self-employed and farm workers. BEA stopped publishing county employment after 2022, so there is no county level.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states (Total employment (jobs, BEA), Washington, 1969 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip

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SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), Washington, 1969 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/washington. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Total employment (jobs, BEA), Washington, 1969 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/washington.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), Washington, 1969 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/washington (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states: Total employment (jobs, BEA), Washington, 1969 to 2025}},
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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Washington was 4,879,224 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.3% from 2024. That is the 14th highest of 51 states in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest total employment (jobs, BEA) in Washington?

4,879,224 jobs in 2025, the highest value since 1969 in this series.

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