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North Central Employment 2017
Government |
26.5 % |
5.3 % |
8.9 % |
Mining, Logging and Construction
Manufacturing
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“ As the regions tie into global markets, the local linkages are attenuated some.” |
13.3 % |
Retail Trade |
— Kriss Sjoblom, research director and economist, Washington Research Council |
Other Private Services |
14.8 % |
5.6 % |
Professional and Business Services |
Leisure and Hospitality |
12.1 % |
13.5 % |
Education and Health Services |
north central
The North Central region, with just 87,000 nonfarm jobs, boasts abundant low-cost clean power. It is“ an emerging area for data center and tech onshoring,” according to the report. Food processing and manufacturing are also well established and have significant growth potential.
The region’ s agricultural sector is changing, Matthewson says, with automation replacing employment, raising questions about the sector’ s job growth potential.
King County Employment 2017
Government |
13 % |
5.4 % |
7.3 % |
Mining, Logging and Construction
Manufacturing
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10.9 % |
Retail Trade |
Other Private Services |
24.3 % |
16.3 % |
Professional and Business Services |
Leisure and Hospitality |
10.1 % |
12.8 % |
Education and Health Services |
king county
The outsize impact of the Seattle metro region has already been noted. King County accounts for 42 percent of all nonfarm employment in the state, 1.4 million jobs. As a financial, trade, and manufacturing center, the county has more than half of the state’ s professional and business services and“ other private services” jobs. The latter category includes transportation services, software publishing and telecommunications. Although the share has decreased slightly since 2000, King County continues to have a healthy manufacturing employment base, with 103,000 jobs, about 36 percent of the statewide total.
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