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ACS 2010-2014 data

Occupation

	Washington	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,194,382	-	143,435,233
Male¹	1,701,083	53.25%, see rank	52.38%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	627,053	36.86%, see rank	33.12%
Service Occupations²	233,048	13.70%, see rank	15.12%
Sales and Office Occupations²	277,631	16.32%, see rank	17.47%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	41,353	2.43%, see rank	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	140,900	8.28%, see rank	9.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	282,232	16.59%, see rank	17.94%
Female¹	1,493,299	46.75%, see rank	47.62%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	610,763	40.90%, see rank	40.04%
Service Occupations²	330,725	22.15%, see rank	21.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	451,719	30.25%, see rank	31.93%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	13,890	0.93%, see rank	0.32%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	5,716	0.38%, see rank	0.28%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	75,258	5.04%, see rank	5.65%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Washington	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,194,382	100%	143,435,233
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	85,053	2.66%, see rank	1.96%
Construction	192,873	6.04%, see rank	6.17%
Manufacturing	335,573	10.51%, see rank	10.43%
Wholesale Trade	94,726	2.97%, see rank	2.75%
Retail Trade	377,221	11.81%, see rank	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	162,492	5.09%, see rank	4.93%
Information	74,223	2.32%, see rank	2.14%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	175,343	5.49%, see rank	6.60%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	387,775	12.14%, see rank	10.89%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	689,019	21.57%, see rank	23.21%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	290,705	9.10%, see rank	9.49%
Public Administration	175,041	5.48%, see rank	4.92%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	154,338	4.83%, see rank	4.96%

ACS 2008-2012 data

Occupation

	Washington	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,150,493	-	141,996,548
Male¹	1,673,120	53.11%, see rank	52.32%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	614,066	36.70%, see rank	32.75%
Service Occupations²	223,569	13.36%, see rank	14.76%
Sales and Office Occupations²	277,186	16.57%, see rank	17.65%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	38,497	2.30%, see rank	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	148,637	8.88%, see rank	9.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	273,158	16.33%, see rank	17.87%
Female¹	1,477,373	46.89%, see rank	47.68%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	594,436	40.24%, see rank	39.35%
Service Occupations²	321,342	21.75%, see rank	21.19%
Sales and Office Occupations²	461,847	31.26%, see rank	32.82%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	11,665	0.79%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	6,385	0.43%, see rank	0.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	76,299	5.16%, see rank	5.77%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Washington	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,150,493	100%	141,996,548
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	80,633	2.56%, see rank	1.90%
Construction	208,134	6.61%, see rank	6.49%
Manufacturing	331,729	10.53%, see rank	10.62%
Wholesale Trade	95,706	3.04%, see rank	2.83%
Retail Trade	365,216	11.59%, see rank	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	162,893	5.17%, see rank	5.00%
Information	74,188	2.35%, see rank	2.21%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	182,973	5.81%, see rank	6.74%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	378,017	12.00%, see rank	10.66%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	670,386	21.28%, see rank	22.90%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	278,337	8.83%, see rank	9.18%
Public Administration	171,926	5.46%, see rank	4.94%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	150,355	4.77%, see rank	4.95%

ACS 2006-2010 data

Occupation

	Washington	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,124,821	-	141,833,331
Male¹	1,661,870	53.18%, see rank	52.63%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	602,942	36.28%, see rank	32.27%
Service Occupations²	211,423	12.72%, see rank	14.06%
Sales and Office Occupations²	276,949	16.66%, see rank	17.76%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	36,602	2.20%, see rank	1.08%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	165,052	9.93%, see rank	10.60%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	272,744	16.41%, see rank	18.08%
Female¹	1,462,951	46.82%, see rank	47.37%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	580,473	39.68%, see rank	38.62%
Service Occupations²	306,394	20.94%, see rank	20.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	474,233	32.42%, see rank	33.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	11,323	0.77%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	6,805	0.47%, see rank	0.34%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	78,223	5.35%, see rank	6.07%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Washington	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,124,821	100%	141,833,331
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	80,003	2.56%, see rank	1.86%
Construction	229,945	7.36%, see rank	7.13%
Manufacturing	334,247	10.70%, see rank	10.99%
Wholesale Trade	100,848	3.23%, see rank	3.06%
Retail Trade	356,371	11.40%, see rank	11.49%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	161,229	5.16%, see rank	5.07%
Information	81,564	2.61%, see rank	2.38%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	194,917	6.24%, see rank	7.00%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	361,183	11.56%, see rank	10.42%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	644,616	20.63%, see rank	22.05%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	269,737	8.63%, see rank	8.86%
Public Administration	165,289	5.29%, see rank	4.84%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	144,872	4.64%, see rank	4.86%

ACS 2005-2009 data

Occupation

	Washington	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,089,219	-	141,303,145
Male¹	1,650,905	53.44%, see rank	53.11%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	589,180	35.69%, see rank	31.81%
Service Occupations²	206,430	12.50%, see rank	13.79%
Sales and Office Occupations²	281,275	17.04%, see rank	17.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	34,925	2.12%, see rank	1.06%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	263,805	15.98%, see rank	17.24%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	275,290	16.68%, see rank	18.26%
Female¹	1,438,314	46.56%, see rank	46.89%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	565,163	39.29%, see rank	38.12%
Service Occupations²	299,547	20.83%, see rank	20.39%
Sales and Office Occupations²	476,376	33.12%, see rank	34.43%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	11,054	0.77%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	12,837	0.89%, see rank	0.68%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	73,337	5.10%, see rank	6.09%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Washington	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,089,219	100%	141,303,145
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	75,963	2.46%, see rank	1.82%
Construction	234,284	7.58%, see rank	7.45%
Manufacturing	331,636	10.74%, see rank	11.24%
Wholesale Trade	105,059	3.40%, see rank	3.20%
Retail Trade	355,053	11.49%, see rank	11.52%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	160,504	5.20%, see rank	5.08%
Information	84,852	2.75%, see rank	2.44%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	197,620	6.40%, see rank	7.10%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	348,653	11.29%, see rank	10.29%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	629,025	20.36%, see rank	21.51%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	266,179	8.62%, see rank	8.77%
Public Administration	159,231	5.15%, see rank	4.74%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	141,160	4.57%, see rank	4.84%

US Census 2000 data

Occupation

	Washington	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	2,793,722	-	129,721,512
Male¹	1,499,629	53.68%, see rank	53.26%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	509,120	33.95%, see rank	31.42%
Service Occupations²	172,547	11.51%, see rank	12.08%
Sales and Office Occupations²	260,049	17.34%, see rank	17.86%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	32,121	2.14%, see rank	1.09%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	250,929	16.73%, see rank	17.08%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	274,863	18.33%, see rank	20.47%
Female¹	1,294,093	46.32%, see rank	46.74%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	484,078	37.41%, see rank	36.18%
Service Occupations²	243,509	18.82%, see rank	18.03%
Sales and Office Occupations²	463,207	35.79%, see rank	36.75%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	11,374	0.88%, see rank	0.33%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	12,838	0.99%, see rank	0.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	79,087	6.11%, see rank	7.96%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Washington	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	2,793,722	100%	129,721,512
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	68,976	2.47%, see rank	1.87%
Construction	194,871	6.98%, see rank	6.78%
Manufacturing	348,646	12.48%, see rank	14.10%
Wholesale Trade	113,526	4.06%, see rank	3.60%
Retail Trade	338,772	12.13%, see rank	11.73%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	150,985	5.40%, see rank	5.20%
Information	95,669	3.42%, see rank	3.08%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	170,622	6.11%, see rank	6.89%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	272,466	9.75%, see rank	9.30%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	541,214	19.37%, see rank	19.92%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	221,656	7.93%, see rank	7.87%
Public Administration	140,940	5.04%, see rank	4.79%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	135,379	4.85%, see rank	4.87%

* ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.