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Cities in Washington by civilian labor force

Seattle, WA had the highest civilian labor force of 47 cities in 2024, at 509,155. Bainbridge Island, WA had the lowest, at 11,287. The median was 28,888. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest509,155Seattle, WA
Lowest11,287Bainbridge Island, WA
Median28,88847 cities

All cities, 2024

Seattle, WA: 509,155 personsSeattle, WA509,155Tacoma, WA: 126,856 personsTacoma, WA126,856Spokane, WA: 112,066 personsSpokane, WA112,066Vancouver, WA: 100,257 personsVancouver, WA100,257Bellevue, WA: 86,330 personsBellevue, WA86,330Kent, WA: 73,501 personsKent, WA73,501Renton, WA: 61,293 personsRenton, WA61,293Everett, WA: 59,833 personsEverett, WA59,833Kirkland, WA: 55,959 personsKirkland, WA55,959Spokane Valley, WA: 53,377 personsSpokane Valley, WA53,377Federal Way, WA: 52,164 personsFederal Way, WA52,164Bellingham, WA: 50,621 personsBellingham, WA50,621Redmond, WA: 47,638 personsRedmond, WA47,638Auburn, WA: 46,937 personsAuburn, WA46,937Yakima, WA: 45,398 personsYakima, WA45,398Marysville, WA: 41,189 personsMarysville, WA41,189Kennewick, WA: 39,887 personsKennewick, WA39,887Pasco, WA: 37,282 personsPasco, WA37,282Shoreline, WA: 36,778 personsShoreline, WA36,778Sammamish, WA: 34,751 personsSammamish, WA34,751Richland, WA: 31,038 personsRichland, WA31,038Lakewood, WA: 30,335 personsLakewood, WA30,335Burien, WA: 29,464 personsBurien, WA29,464Bothell, WA: 28,888 personsBothell, WA28,888Olympia, WA: 28,373 personsOlympia, WA28,373Lacey, WA: 26,354 personsLacey, WA26,354Puyallup, WA: 23,599 personsPuyallup, WA23,599Issaquah, WA: 23,415 personsIssaquah, WA23,415Edmonds, WA: 23,360 personsEdmonds, WA23,360Lynnwood, WA: 21,727 personsLynnwood, WA21,727Lake Stevens, WA: 21,272 personsLake Stevens, WA21,272Bremerton, WA: 20,086 personsBremerton, WA20,086University Place, WA: 18,614 personsUniversity Place, WA18,614Wenatchee, WA: 18,106 personsWenatchee, WA18,106SeaTac, WA: 18,000 personsSeaTac, WA18,000Des Moines, WA: 17,026 personsDes Moines, WA17,026Pullman, WA: 16,235 personsPullman, WA16,235Walla Walla, WA: 16,178 personsWalla Walla, WA16,178Longview, WA: 16,099 personsLongview, WA16,099Mount Vernon, WA: 15,970 personsMount Vernon, WA15,970Tumwater, WA: 15,070 personsTumwater, WA15,070Maple Valley, WA: 14,362 personsMaple Valley, WA14,362Mountlake Terrace, WA: 14,136 personsMountlake Terrace, WA14,136Camas, WA: 12,912 personsCamas, WA12,912Mercer Island, WA: 12,750 personsMercer Island, WA12,750Moses Lake, WA: 12,637 personsMoses Lake, WA12,637Bainbridge Island, WA: 11,287 personsBainbridge Island, WA11,287Seattle, WA: 509,155 personsSeattle, WA509,155Tacoma, WA: 126,856 personsTacoma, WA126,856Spokane, WA: 112,066 personsSpokane, WA112,066Vancouver, WA: 100,257 personsVancouver, WA100,257Bellevue, WA: 86,330 personsBellevue, WA86,330Kent, WA: 73,501 personsKent, WA73,501Renton, WA: 61,293 personsRenton, WA61,293Everett, WA: 59,833 personsEverett, WA59,833Kirkland, WA: 55,959 personsKirkland, WA55,959Spokane Valley, WA: 53,377 personsSpokane Valley, WA53,377Federal Way, WA: 52,164 personsFederal Way, WA52,164Bellingham, WA: 50,621 personsBellingham, WA50,621Redmond, WA: 47,638 personsRedmond, WA47,638Auburn, WA: 46,937 personsAuburn, WA46,937Yakima, WA: 45,398 personsYakima, WA45,398Marysville, WA: 41,189 personsMarysville, WA41,189Kennewick, WA: 39,887 personsKennewick, WA39,887Pasco, WA: 37,282 personsPasco, WA37,282Shoreline, WA: 36,778 personsShoreline, WA36,778Sammamish, WA: 34,751 personsSammamish, WA34,751Richland, WA: 31,038 personsRichland, WA31,038Lakewood, WA: 30,335 personsLakewood, WA30,335Burien, WA: 29,464 personsBurien, WA29,464Bothell, WA: 28,888 personsBothell, WA28,888Olympia, WA: 28,373 personsOlympia, WA28,373Lacey, WA: 26,354 personsLacey, WA26,354Puyallup, WA: 23,599 personsPuyallup, WA23,599Issaquah, WA: 23,415 personsIssaquah, WA23,415Edmonds, WA: 23,360 personsEdmonds, WA23,360Lynnwood, WA: 21,727 personsLynnwood, WA21,727Lake Stevens, WA: 21,272 personsLake Stevens, WA21,272Bremerton, WA: 20,086 personsBremerton, WA20,086University Place, WA: 18,614 personsUniversity Place, WA18,614Wenatchee, WA: 18,106 personsWenatchee, WA18,106SeaTac, WA: 18,000 personsSeaTac, WA18,000Des Moines, WA: 17,026 personsDes Moines, WA17,026Pullman, WA: 16,235 personsPullman, WA16,235Walla Walla, WA: 16,178 personsWalla Walla, WA16,178Longview, WA: 16,099 personsLongview, WA16,099Mount Vernon, WA: 15,970 personsMount Vernon, WA15,970Tumwater, WA: 15,070 personsTumwater, WA15,070Maple Valley, WA: 14,362 personsMaple Valley, WA14,362Mountlake Terrace, WA: 14,136 personsMountlake Terrace, WA14,136Camas, WA: 12,912 personsCamas, WA12,912Mercer Island, WA: 12,750 personsMercer Island, WA12,750Moses Lake, WA: 12,637 personsMoses Lake, WA12,637Bainbridge Island, WA: 11,287 personsBainbridge Island, WA11,287
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

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Seattle, WA509,155+0.4%
2Tacoma, WA126,856+1.4%
3Spokane, WA112,066-0.6%
4Vancouver, WA100,257-0.6%
5Bellevue, WA86,330-0.6%
6Kent, WA73,501-0.4%
7Renton, WA61,293-0.7%
8Everett, WA59,833+0.3%
9Kirkland, WA55,959+1.3%
10Spokane Valley, WA53,377-0.2%
11Federal Way, WA52,164-0.1%
12Bellingham, WA50,621-0.8%
13Redmond, WA47,638+1%
14Auburn, WA46,937-0.7%
15Yakima, WA45,398-0.3%
16Marysville, WA41,189+3%
17Kennewick, WA39,887+1.8%
18Pasco, WA37,282+1.2%
19Shoreline, WA36,778+4.1%
20Sammamish, WA34,751-1.1%
21Richland, WA31,038+2.1%
22Lakewood, WA30,335+0.7%
23Burien, WA29,464-0.1%
24Bothell, WA28,888+0.7%
25Olympia, WA28,373+0.4%
26Lacey, WA26,354+0.5%
27Puyallup, WA23,599+0.2%
28Issaquah, WA23,415-1.1%
29Edmonds, WA23,360+0.1%
30Lynnwood, WA21,727+0.7%
31Lake Stevens, WA21,272+0.9%
32Bremerton, WA20,086-0.7%
33University Place, WA18,614+0.5%
34Wenatchee, WA18,106-0.7%
35SeaTac, WA18,000+0.8%
36Des Moines, WA17,026-0.5%
37Pullman, WA16,235-1.9%
38Walla Walla, WA16,178+1.3%
39Longview, WA16,099-1.5%
40Mount Vernon, WA15,970+0.8%
41Tumwater, WA15,070+2%
42Maple Valley, WA14,362-0.8%
43Mountlake Terrace, WA14,136n/a
44Camas, WA12,912-0.6%
45Mercer Island, WA12,750-0.8%
46Moses Lake, WA12,637+1.8%
47Bainbridge Island, WA11,287-1%

Other periods

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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2024. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/washington-cities?period=2024. 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, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/washington-cities?period=2024.

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, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/washington-cities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Seattle, WA, with 509,155 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Bainbridge Island, WA, with 11,287 in 2024.

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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