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Cities in Washington by employed residents, 2025

Seattle, WA had the highest employed residents of 47 cities in 2025, at 489,060. Bainbridge Island, WA had the lowest, at 10,918. The median was 27,741. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest489,060Seattle, WA
Lowest10,918Bainbridge Island, WA
Median27,74147 cities

All cities, 2025

Seattle, WA: 489,060 personsSeattle, WA489,060Tacoma, WA: 122,152 personsTacoma, WA122,152Spokane, WA: 107,303 personsSpokane, WA107,303Vancouver, WA: 95,035 personsVancouver, WA95,035Bellevue, WA: 82,973 personsBellevue, WA82,973Kent, WA: 70,045 personsKent, WA70,045Renton, WA: 58,614 personsRenton, WA58,614Everett, WA: 57,370 personsEverett, WA57,370Kirkland, WA: 53,714 personsKirkland, WA53,714Spokane Valley, WA: 51,091 personsSpokane Valley, WA51,091Federal Way, WA: 49,597 personsFederal Way, WA49,597Bellingham, WA: 48,610 personsBellingham, WA48,610Redmond, WA: 45,969 personsRedmond, WA45,969Auburn, WA: 44,833 personsAuburn, WA44,833Yakima, WA: 42,329 personsYakima, WA42,329Marysville, WA: 39,574 personsMarysville, WA39,574Kennewick, WA: 38,614 personsKennewick, WA38,614Pasco, WA: 35,738 personsPasco, WA35,738Shoreline, WA: 35,224 personsShoreline, WA35,224Sammamish, WA: 33,393 personsSammamish, WA33,393Richland, WA: 30,184 personsRichland, WA30,184Lakewood, WA: 29,089 personsLakewood, WA29,089Burien, WA: 28,104 personsBurien, WA28,104Bothell, WA: 27,741 personsBothell, WA27,741Olympia, WA: 27,365 personsOlympia, WA27,365Lacey, WA: 25,320 personsLacey, WA25,320Puyallup, WA: 22,735 personsPuyallup, WA22,735Issaquah, WA: 22,511 personsIssaquah, WA22,511Edmonds, WA: 22,489 personsEdmonds, WA22,489Lynnwood, WA: 20,874 personsLynnwood, WA20,874Lake Stevens, WA: 20,412 personsLake Stevens, WA20,412Bremerton, WA: 19,316 personsBremerton, WA19,316University Place, WA: 17,990 personsUniversity Place, WA17,990SeaTac, WA: 17,159 personsSeaTac, WA17,159Wenatchee, WA: 17,144 personsWenatchee, WA17,144Des Moines, WA: 16,177 personsDes Moines, WA16,177Mount Vernon, WA: 15,324 personsMount Vernon, WA15,324Longview, WA: 15,246 personsLongview, WA15,246Pullman, WA: 15,168 personsPullman, WA15,168Walla Walla, WA: 15,032 personsWalla Walla, WA15,032Tumwater, WA: 14,602 personsTumwater, WA14,602Maple Valley, WA: 13,743 personsMaple Valley, WA13,743Mountlake Terrace, WA: 13,622 personsMountlake Terrace, WA13,622Camas, WA: 12,221 personsCamas, WA12,221Mercer Island, WA: 12,198 personsMercer Island, WA12,198Moses Lake, WA: 11,729 personsMoses Lake, WA11,729Bainbridge Island, WA: 10,918 personsBainbridge Island, WA10,918Seattle, WA: 489,060 personsSeattle, WA489,060Tacoma, WA: 122,152 personsTacoma, WA122,152Spokane, WA: 107,303 personsSpokane, WA107,303Vancouver, WA: 95,035 personsVancouver, WA95,035Bellevue, WA: 82,973 personsBellevue, WA82,973Kent, WA: 70,045 personsKent, WA70,045Renton, WA: 58,614 personsRenton, WA58,614Everett, WA: 57,370 personsEverett, WA57,370Kirkland, WA: 53,714 personsKirkland, WA53,714Spokane Valley, WA: 51,091 personsSpokane Valley, WA51,091Federal Way, WA: 49,597 personsFederal Way, WA49,597Bellingham, WA: 48,610 personsBellingham, WA48,610Redmond, WA: 45,969 personsRedmond, WA45,969Auburn, WA: 44,833 personsAuburn, WA44,833Yakima, WA: 42,329 personsYakima, WA42,329Marysville, WA: 39,574 personsMarysville, WA39,574Kennewick, WA: 38,614 personsKennewick, WA38,614Pasco, WA: 35,738 personsPasco, WA35,738Shoreline, WA: 35,224 personsShoreline, WA35,224Sammamish, WA: 33,393 personsSammamish, WA33,393Richland, WA: 30,184 personsRichland, WA30,184Lakewood, WA: 29,089 personsLakewood, WA29,089Burien, WA: 28,104 personsBurien, WA28,104Bothell, WA: 27,741 personsBothell, WA27,741Olympia, WA: 27,365 personsOlympia, WA27,365Lacey, WA: 25,320 personsLacey, WA25,320Puyallup, WA: 22,735 personsPuyallup, WA22,735Issaquah, WA: 22,511 personsIssaquah, WA22,511Edmonds, WA: 22,489 personsEdmonds, WA22,489Lynnwood, WA: 20,874 personsLynnwood, WA20,874Lake Stevens, WA: 20,412 personsLake Stevens, WA20,412Bremerton, WA: 19,316 personsBremerton, WA19,316University Place, WA: 17,990 personsUniversity Place, WA17,990SeaTac, WA: 17,159 personsSeaTac, WA17,159Wenatchee, WA: 17,144 personsWenatchee, WA17,144Des Moines, WA: 16,177 personsDes Moines, WA16,177Mount Vernon, WA: 15,324 personsMount Vernon, WA15,324Longview, WA: 15,246 personsLongview, WA15,246Pullman, WA: 15,168 personsPullman, WA15,168Walla Walla, WA: 15,032 personsWalla Walla, WA15,032Tumwater, WA: 14,602 personsTumwater, WA14,602Maple Valley, WA: 13,743 personsMaple Valley, WA13,743Mountlake Terrace, WA: 13,622 personsMountlake Terrace, WA13,622Camas, WA: 12,221 personsCamas, WA12,221Mercer Island, WA: 12,198 personsMercer Island, WA12,198Moses Lake, WA: 11,729 personsMoses Lake, WA11,729Bainbridge Island, WA: 10,918 personsBainbridge Island, WA10,918
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Seattle, WA489,060-0%
2Tacoma, WA122,152+0.8%
3Spokane, WA107,303+0.1%
4Vancouver, WA95,035-0.9%
5Bellevue, WA82,973-0%
6Kent, WA70,045-0%
7Renton, WA58,614-0%
8Everett, WA57,370+0.5%
9Kirkland, WA53,714-0%
10Spokane Valley, WA51,091+0.1%
11Federal Way, WA49,597-0%
12Bellingham, WA48,610+0.2%
13Redmond, WA45,969-0%
14Auburn, WA44,833+0.1%
15Yakima, WA42,329-1.2%
16Marysville, WA39,574+0.5%
17Kennewick, WA38,614+1.6%
18Pasco, WA35,738+1.2%
19Shoreline, WA35,224-0%
20Sammamish, WA33,393-0%
21Richland, WA30,184+1.6%
22Lakewood, WA29,089+0.8%
23Burien, WA28,104-0%
24Bothell, WA27,741+0.2%
25Olympia, WA27,365+0.7%
26Lacey, WA25,320+0.8%
27Puyallup, WA22,735+0.8%
28Issaquah, WA22,511-0%
29Edmonds, WA22,489+0.5%
30Lynnwood, WA20,874+0.5%
31Lake Stevens, WA20,412+0.5%
32Bremerton, WA19,316+0.8%
33University Place, WA17,990+0.8%
34SeaTac, WA17,159-0%
35Wenatchee, WA17,144-0.6%
36Des Moines, WA16,177-0%
37Mount Vernon, WA15,324+0.8%
38Longview, WA15,246-0.3%
39Pullman, WA15,168-2.8%
40Walla Walla, WA15,032-2.9%
41Tumwater, WA14,602+0.8%
42Maple Valley, WA13,743-0%
43Mountlake Terrace, WA13,622+0.5%
44Camas, WA12,221-0.9%
45Mercer Island, WA12,198-0%
46Moses Lake, WA11,729-2%
47Bainbridge Island, WA10,918+0.7%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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: employment (measure 05), 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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Washington by employed residents, 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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Washington by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Washington by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/washington-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Washington by employed residents, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/washington-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Seattle, WA, with 489,060 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Bainbridge Island, WA, with 10,918 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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