# Counties in Washington by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

All 39 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/washington-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | King County | 1,436,484 |
| 2 | Pierce County | 337,071 |
| 3 | Snohomish County | 299,062 |
| 4 | Spokane County | 243,704 |
| 5 | Clark County | 182,798 |
| 6 | Thurston County | 129,835 |
| 7 | Yakima County | 115,435 |
| 8 | Benton County | 99,920 |
| 9 | Kitsap County | 94,213 |
| 10 | Whatcom County | 93,720 |
| 11 | Skagit County | 54,140 |
| 12 | Chelan County | 44,636 |
| 13 | Grant County | 42,301 |
| 14 | Cowlitz County | 41,077 |
| 15 | Franklin County | 37,938 |
| 16 | Walla Walla County | 28,319 |
| 17 | Lewis County | 27,423 |
| 18 | Clallam County | 24,454 |
| 19 | Grays Harbor County | 23,790 |
| 20 | Whitman County | 18,880 |
| 21 | Island County | 18,140 |
| 22 | Okanogan County | 17,526 |
| 23 | Kittitas County | 16,812 |
| 24 | Mason County | 15,089 |
| 25 | Douglas County | 12,413 |
| 26 | Stevens County | 11,227 |
| 27 | Adams County | 9,782 |
| 28 | Jefferson County | 9,204 |
| 29 | Klickitat County | 7,092 |
| 30 | Asotin County | 6,693 |
| 31 | Pacific County | 6,477 |
| 32 | San Juan County | 6,158 |
| 33 | Pend Oreille County | 3,187 |
| 34 | Lincoln County | 2,700 |
| 35 | Skamania County | 2,235 |
| 36 | Ferry County | 1,696 |
| 37 | Columbia County | 1,326 |
| 38 | Wahkiakum County | 706 |
| 39 | Garfield County | 640 |