# Cities in Washington by employed residents, 2025

All 47 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/washington-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Seattle, WA | 489,060 |
| 2 | Tacoma, WA | 122,152 |
| 3 | Spokane, WA | 107,303 |
| 4 | Vancouver, WA | 95,035 |
| 5 | Bellevue, WA | 82,973 |
| 6 | Kent, WA | 70,045 |
| 7 | Renton, WA | 58,614 |
| 8 | Everett, WA | 57,370 |
| 9 | Kirkland, WA | 53,714 |
| 10 | Spokane Valley, WA | 51,091 |
| 11 | Federal Way, WA | 49,597 |
| 12 | Bellingham, WA | 48,610 |
| 13 | Redmond, WA | 45,969 |
| 14 | Auburn, WA | 44,833 |
| 15 | Yakima, WA | 42,329 |
| 16 | Marysville, WA | 39,574 |
| 17 | Kennewick, WA | 38,614 |
| 18 | Pasco, WA | 35,738 |
| 19 | Shoreline, WA | 35,224 |
| 20 | Sammamish, WA | 33,393 |
| 21 | Richland, WA | 30,184 |
| 22 | Lakewood, WA | 29,089 |
| 23 | Burien, WA | 28,104 |
| 24 | Bothell, WA | 27,741 |
| 25 | Olympia, WA | 27,365 |
| 26 | Lacey, WA | 25,320 |
| 27 | Puyallup, WA | 22,735 |
| 28 | Issaquah, WA | 22,511 |
| 29 | Edmonds, WA | 22,489 |
| 30 | Lynnwood, WA | 20,874 |
| 31 | Lake Stevens, WA | 20,412 |
| 32 | Bremerton, WA | 19,316 |
| 33 | University Place, WA | 17,990 |
| 34 | SeaTac, WA | 17,159 |
| 35 | Wenatchee, WA | 17,144 |
| 36 | Des Moines, WA | 16,177 |
| 37 | Mount Vernon, WA | 15,324 |
| 38 | Longview, WA | 15,246 |
| 39 | Pullman, WA | 15,168 |
| 40 | Walla Walla, WA | 15,032 |
| 41 | Tumwater, WA | 14,602 |
| 42 | Maple Valley, WA | 13,743 |
| 43 | Mountlake Terrace, WA | 13,622 |
| 44 | Camas, WA | 12,221 |
| 45 | Mercer Island, WA | 12,198 |
| 46 | Moses Lake, WA | 11,729 |
| 47 | Bainbridge Island, WA | 10,918 |