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Cities in Washington by civilian labor force, 2025

Seattle, WA had the highest civilian labor force of 47 cities in 2025, at 510,313. Bainbridge Island, WA had the lowest, at 11,346. The median was 29,050. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest510,313Seattle, WA
Lowest11,346Bainbridge Island, WA
Median29,05047 cities

All cities, 2025

Seattle, WA: 510,313 personsSeattle, WA510,313Tacoma, WA: 128,433 personsTacoma, WA128,433Spokane, WA: 112,130 personsSpokane, WA112,130Vancouver, WA: 99,641 personsVancouver, WA99,641Bellevue, WA: 86,496 personsBellevue, WA86,496Kent, WA: 73,754 personsKent, WA73,754Renton, WA: 61,467 personsRenton, WA61,467Everett, WA: 60,326 personsEverett, WA60,326Kirkland, WA: 56,166 personsKirkland, WA56,166Spokane Valley, WA: 53,425 personsSpokane Valley, WA53,425Federal Way, WA: 52,363 personsFederal Way, WA52,363Bellingham, WA: 50,688 personsBellingham, WA50,688Redmond, WA: 47,879 personsRedmond, WA47,879Auburn, WA: 47,161 personsAuburn, WA47,161Yakima, WA: 44,872 personsYakima, WA44,872Marysville, WA: 41,573 personsMarysville, WA41,573Kennewick, WA: 40,559 personsKennewick, WA40,559Pasco, WA: 37,762 personsPasco, WA37,762Shoreline, WA: 36,819 personsShoreline, WA36,819Sammamish, WA: 34,894 personsSammamish, WA34,894Richland, WA: 31,555 personsRichland, WA31,555Lakewood, WA: 30,705 personsLakewood, WA30,705Burien, WA: 29,577 personsBurien, WA29,577Bothell, WA: 29,050 personsBothell, WA29,050Olympia, WA: 28,593 personsOlympia, WA28,593Lacey, WA: 26,532 personsLacey, WA26,532Puyallup, WA: 23,847 personsPuyallup, WA23,847Edmonds, WA: 23,478 personsEdmonds, WA23,478Issaquah, WA: 23,460 personsIssaquah, WA23,460Lynnwood, WA: 21,914 personsLynnwood, WA21,914Lake Stevens, WA: 21,455 personsLake Stevens, WA21,455Bremerton, WA: 20,200 personsBremerton, WA20,200University Place, WA: 18,806 personsUniversity Place, WA18,806SeaTac, WA: 18,104 personsSeaTac, WA18,104Wenatchee, WA: 17,965 personsWenatchee, WA17,965Des Moines, WA: 17,103 personsDes Moines, WA17,103Longview, WA: 16,105 personsLongview, WA16,105Mount Vernon, WA: 16,077 personsMount Vernon, WA16,077Pullman, WA: 15,777 personsPullman, WA15,777Walla Walla, WA: 15,704 personsWalla Walla, WA15,704Tumwater, WA: 15,188 personsTumwater, WA15,188Maple Valley, WA: 14,386 personsMaple Valley, WA14,386Mountlake Terrace, WA: 14,277 personsMountlake Terrace, WA14,277Camas, WA: 12,794 personsCamas, WA12,794Mercer Island, WA: 12,768 personsMercer Island, WA12,768Moses Lake, WA: 12,549 personsMoses Lake, WA12,549Bainbridge Island, WA: 11,346 personsBainbridge Island, WA11,346Seattle, WA: 510,313 personsSeattle, WA510,313Tacoma, WA: 128,433 personsTacoma, WA128,433Spokane, WA: 112,130 personsSpokane, WA112,130Vancouver, WA: 99,641 personsVancouver, WA99,641Bellevue, WA: 86,496 personsBellevue, WA86,496Kent, WA: 73,754 personsKent, WA73,754Renton, WA: 61,467 personsRenton, WA61,467Everett, WA: 60,326 personsEverett, WA60,326Kirkland, WA: 56,166 personsKirkland, WA56,166Spokane Valley, WA: 53,425 personsSpokane Valley, WA53,425Federal Way, WA: 52,363 personsFederal Way, WA52,363Bellingham, WA: 50,688 personsBellingham, WA50,688Redmond, WA: 47,879 personsRedmond, WA47,879Auburn, WA: 47,161 personsAuburn, WA47,161Yakima, WA: 44,872 personsYakima, WA44,872Marysville, WA: 41,573 personsMarysville, WA41,573Kennewick, WA: 40,559 personsKennewick, WA40,559Pasco, WA: 37,762 personsPasco, WA37,762Shoreline, WA: 36,819 personsShoreline, WA36,819Sammamish, WA: 34,894 personsSammamish, WA34,894Richland, WA: 31,555 personsRichland, WA31,555Lakewood, WA: 30,705 personsLakewood, WA30,705Burien, WA: 29,577 personsBurien, WA29,577Bothell, WA: 29,050 personsBothell, WA29,050Olympia, WA: 28,593 personsOlympia, WA28,593Lacey, WA: 26,532 personsLacey, WA26,532Puyallup, WA: 23,847 personsPuyallup, WA23,847Edmonds, WA: 23,478 personsEdmonds, WA23,478Issaquah, WA: 23,460 personsIssaquah, WA23,460Lynnwood, WA: 21,914 personsLynnwood, WA21,914Lake Stevens, WA: 21,455 personsLake Stevens, WA21,455Bremerton, WA: 20,200 personsBremerton, WA20,200University Place, WA: 18,806 personsUniversity Place, WA18,806SeaTac, WA: 18,104 personsSeaTac, WA18,104Wenatchee, WA: 17,965 personsWenatchee, WA17,965Des Moines, WA: 17,103 personsDes Moines, WA17,103Longview, WA: 16,105 personsLongview, WA16,105Mount Vernon, WA: 16,077 personsMount Vernon, WA16,077Pullman, WA: 15,777 personsPullman, WA15,777Walla Walla, WA: 15,704 personsWalla Walla, WA15,704Tumwater, WA: 15,188 personsTumwater, WA15,188Maple Valley, WA: 14,386 personsMaple Valley, WA14,386Mountlake Terrace, WA: 14,277 personsMountlake Terrace, WA14,277Camas, WA: 12,794 personsCamas, WA12,794Mercer Island, WA: 12,768 personsMercer Island, WA12,768Moses Lake, WA: 12,549 personsMoses Lake, WA12,549Bainbridge Island, WA: 11,346 personsBainbridge Island, WA11,346
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Seattle, WA510,313+0.2%
2Tacoma, WA128,433+1.2%
3Spokane, WA112,130+0.1%
4Vancouver, WA99,641-0.6%
5Bellevue, WA86,496+0.2%
6Kent, WA73,754+0.3%
7Renton, WA61,467+0.3%
8Everett, WA60,326+0.8%
9Kirkland, WA56,166+0.4%
10Spokane Valley, WA53,425+0.1%
11Federal Way, WA52,363+0.4%
12Bellingham, WA50,688+0.1%
13Redmond, WA47,879+0.5%
14Auburn, WA47,161+0.5%
15Yakima, WA44,872-1.2%
16Marysville, WA41,573+0.9%
17Kennewick, WA40,559+1.7%
18Pasco, WA37,762+1.3%
19Shoreline, WA36,819+0.1%
20Sammamish, WA34,894+0.4%
21Richland, WA31,555+1.7%
22Lakewood, WA30,705+1.2%
23Burien, WA29,577+0.4%
24Bothell, WA29,050+0.6%
25Olympia, WA28,593+0.8%
26Lacey, WA26,532+0.7%
27Puyallup, WA23,847+1.1%
28Edmonds, WA23,478+0.5%
29Issaquah, WA23,460+0.2%
30Lynnwood, WA21,914+0.9%
31Lake Stevens, WA21,455+0.9%
32Bremerton, WA20,200+0.6%
33University Place, WA18,806+1%
34SeaTac, WA18,104+0.6%
35Wenatchee, WA17,965-0.8%
36Des Moines, WA17,103+0.5%
37Longview, WA16,1050%
38Mount Vernon, WA16,077+0.7%
39Pullman, WA15,777-2.8%
40Walla Walla, WA15,704-2.9%
41Tumwater, WA15,188+0.8%
42Maple Valley, WA14,386+0.2%
43Mountlake Terrace, WA14,277+1%
44Camas, WA12,794-0.9%
45Mercer Island, WA12,768+0.1%
46Moses Lake, WA12,549-0.7%
47Bainbridge Island, WA11,346+0.5%

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About this ranking

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Washington by civilian labor force, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Washington by civilian labor force, 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/washington-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in Washington by civilian labor force, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/washington-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Washington by civilian labor force, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/washington-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Seattle, WA, with 510,313 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Bainbridge Island, WA, with 11,346 in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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