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Cities in Washington by employed residents

Seattle, WA had the highest employed residents of 46 cities in 2022, at 477,391. Bainbridge Island, WA had the lowest, at 11,063. The median was 27,438. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest477,391Seattle, WA
Lowest11,063Bainbridge Island, WA
Median27,43846 cities

All cities, 2022

Seattle, WA: 477,391 personsSeattle, WA477,391Tacoma, WA: 115,213 personsTacoma, WA115,213Spokane, WA: 109,115 personsSpokane, WA109,115Vancouver, WA: 95,626 personsVancouver, WA95,626Bellevue, WA: 82,553 personsBellevue, WA82,553Kent, WA: 70,135 personsKent, WA70,135Renton, WA: 58,823 personsRenton, WA58,823Everett, WA: 55,895 personsEverett, WA55,895Kirkland, WA: 51,994 personsKirkland, WA51,994Spokane Valley, WA: 51,197 personsSpokane Valley, WA51,197Federal Way, WA: 49,269 personsFederal Way, WA49,269Bellingham, WA: 49,000 personsBellingham, WA49,000Auburn, WA: 45,044 personsAuburn, WA45,044Yakima, WA: 43,918 personsYakima, WA43,918Redmond, WA: 43,406 personsRedmond, WA43,406Kennewick, WA: 37,539 personsKennewick, WA37,539Marysville, WA: 37,093 personsMarysville, WA37,093Pasco, WA: 35,682 personsPasco, WA35,682Sammamish, WA: 33,618 personsSammamish, WA33,618Shoreline, WA: 32,551 personsShoreline, WA32,551Richland, WA: 29,155 personsRichland, WA29,155Lakewood, WA: 28,310 personsLakewood, WA28,310Burien, WA: 27,963 personsBurien, WA27,963Olympia, WA: 26,913 personsOlympia, WA26,913Bothell, WA: 26,436 personsBothell, WA26,436Lacey, WA: 24,768 personsLacey, WA24,768Issaquah, WA: 22,653 personsIssaquah, WA22,653Puyallup, WA: 22,227 personsPuyallup, WA22,227Edmonds, WA: 21,998 personsEdmonds, WA21,998Lynnwood, WA: 19,976 personsLynnwood, WA19,976Bremerton, WA: 19,646 personsBremerton, WA19,646Lake Stevens, WA: 19,527 personsLake Stevens, WA19,527Wenatchee, WA: 17,925 personsWenatchee, WA17,925University Place, WA: 17,263 personsUniversity Place, WA17,263SeaTac, WA: 16,379 personsSeaTac, WA16,379Des Moines, WA: 16,048 personsDes Moines, WA16,048Pullman, WA: 15,888 personsPullman, WA15,888Longview, WA: 15,722 personsLongview, WA15,722Walla Walla, WA: 15,442 personsWalla Walla, WA15,442Mount Vernon, WA: 15,189 personsMount Vernon, WA15,189Tumwater, WA: 13,893 personsTumwater, WA13,893Maple Valley, WA: 13,828 personsMaple Valley, WA13,828Camas, WA: 12,463 personsCamas, WA12,463Mercer Island, WA: 12,279 personsMercer Island, WA12,279Moses Lake, WA: 11,925 personsMoses Lake, WA11,925Bainbridge Island, WA: 11,063 personsBainbridge Island, WA11,063Seattle, WA: 477,391 personsSeattle, WA477,391Tacoma, WA: 115,213 personsTacoma, WA115,213Spokane, WA: 109,115 personsSpokane, WA109,115Vancouver, WA: 95,626 personsVancouver, WA95,626Bellevue, WA: 82,553 personsBellevue, WA82,553Kent, WA: 70,135 personsKent, WA70,135Renton, WA: 58,823 personsRenton, WA58,823Everett, WA: 55,895 personsEverett, WA55,895Kirkland, WA: 51,994 personsKirkland, WA51,994Spokane Valley, WA: 51,197 personsSpokane Valley, WA51,197Federal Way, WA: 49,269 personsFederal Way, WA49,269Bellingham, WA: 49,000 personsBellingham, WA49,000Auburn, WA: 45,044 personsAuburn, WA45,044Yakima, WA: 43,918 personsYakima, WA43,918Redmond, WA: 43,406 personsRedmond, WA43,406Kennewick, WA: 37,539 personsKennewick, WA37,539Marysville, WA: 37,093 personsMarysville, WA37,093Pasco, WA: 35,682 personsPasco, WA35,682Sammamish, WA: 33,618 personsSammamish, WA33,618Shoreline, WA: 32,551 personsShoreline, WA32,551Richland, WA: 29,155 personsRichland, WA29,155Lakewood, WA: 28,310 personsLakewood, WA28,310Burien, WA: 27,963 personsBurien, WA27,963Olympia, WA: 26,913 personsOlympia, WA26,913Bothell, WA: 26,436 personsBothell, WA26,436Lacey, WA: 24,768 personsLacey, WA24,768Issaquah, WA: 22,653 personsIssaquah, WA22,653Puyallup, WA: 22,227 personsPuyallup, WA22,227Edmonds, WA: 21,998 personsEdmonds, WA21,998Lynnwood, WA: 19,976 personsLynnwood, WA19,976Bremerton, WA: 19,646 personsBremerton, WA19,646Lake Stevens, WA: 19,527 personsLake Stevens, WA19,527Wenatchee, WA: 17,925 personsWenatchee, WA17,925University Place, WA: 17,263 personsUniversity Place, WA17,263SeaTac, WA: 16,379 personsSeaTac, WA16,379Des Moines, WA: 16,048 personsDes Moines, WA16,048Pullman, WA: 15,888 personsPullman, WA15,888Longview, WA: 15,722 personsLongview, WA15,722Walla Walla, WA: 15,442 personsWalla Walla, WA15,442Mount Vernon, WA: 15,189 personsMount Vernon, WA15,189Tumwater, WA: 13,893 personsTumwater, WA13,893Maple Valley, WA: 13,828 personsMaple Valley, WA13,828Camas, WA: 12,463 personsCamas, WA12,463Mercer Island, WA: 12,279 personsMercer Island, WA12,279Moses Lake, WA: 11,925 personsMoses Lake, WA11,925Bainbridge Island, WA: 11,063 personsBainbridge Island, WA11,063
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Seattle, WA477,391+6.9%
2Tacoma, WA115,213+5.5%
3Spokane, WA109,115+0.3%
4Vancouver, WA95,626+2.8%
5Bellevue, WA82,553+5.8%
6Kent, WA70,135+4.2%
7Renton, WA58,823+3.5%
8Everett, WA55,895+3.5%
9Kirkland, WA51,994+4.2%
10Spokane Valley, WA51,197+1.5%
11Federal Way, WA49,269+3.3%
12Bellingham, WA49,000+4.3%
13Auburn, WA45,044+3.6%
14Yakima, WA43,918+0.4%
15Redmond, WA43,406+6.5%
16Kennewick, WA37,539+1.3%
17Marysville, WA37,093+4.3%
18Pasco, WA35,682+1.6%
19Sammamish, WA33,618+3.5%
20Shoreline, WA32,551+6.4%
21Richland, WA29,155+2.1%
22Lakewood, WA28,310+3.8%
23Burien, WA27,963+4.2%
24Olympia, WA26,913+1.5%
25Bothell, WA26,436+6.3%
26Lacey, WA24,768+3.2%
27Issaquah, WA22,653+3.9%
28Puyallup, WA22,227+4.3%
29Edmonds, WA21,998+2.7%
30Lynnwood, WA19,976+6.9%
31Bremerton, WA19,646+1.3%
32Lake Stevens, WA19,527+3.9%
33Wenatchee, WA17,925-0.6%
34University Place, WA17,263+4.1%
35SeaTac, WA16,379+5.8%
36Des Moines, WA16,048+3.8%
37Pullman, WA15,888+3%
38Longview, WA15,722+0.7%
39Walla Walla, WA15,442-1.1%
40Mount Vernon, WA15,189-0.2%
41Tumwater, WA13,893+1.5%
42Maple Valley, WA13,828+4.7%
43Camas, WA12,463+2.6%
44Mercer Island, WA12,279+3.5%
45Moses Lake, WA11,925+4.4%
46Bainbridge Island, WA11,063-0.2%

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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Washington by employed residents, 2022) [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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Washington by employed residents, 2022. 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/employed-residents/washington-cities?period=2022. 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, 2022. 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/employed-residents/washington-cities?period=2022.

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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/washington-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Questions

Which city has the highest employed residents?

Seattle, WA, with 477,391 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Bainbridge Island, WA, with 11,063 in 2022.

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. 1 cities have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.

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