District of Columbia · SOC 13-0000 · Annual, 2025
Business and financial operations occupations in the District of Columbia
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 13-0000 in the District of Columbia, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 121,000 people in the District of Columbia worked in business and financial operations occupations (SOC 13-0000), with an average annual wage of $137,950.
Employment in business and financial operations occupations in the District of Columbia grew 32.0% from 2004 to 2025. This occupation group is 2.4× as concentrated in the District of Columbia as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 2.44). Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for the District of Columbia are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 121,000Employment, 2025
- $137,950Mean annual wage
- 16.3%Share of District of Columbia jobs
- 2.44Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 91,700; 2005 92,700; 2006 93,100; 2007 93,800; 2008 94,900; 2009 95,700; 2010 98,700; 2011 100,400; 2012 100,800; 2013 101,000; 2014 100,000; 2015 101,700; 2016 103,800; 2017 105,200; 2018 107,300; 2019 109,600; 2020 115,600; 2021 121,000; 2022 126,200; 2023 126,800; 2024 126,300; 2025 121,000.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 121,012 | $137,951 | 4.2% |
| 2024 | 126,295 | $130,740 | 0.4% |
| 2023 | 126,829 | $125,499 | 0.5% |
| 2022 | 126,190 | $121,154 | 4.3% |
| 2021 | 120,978 | $119,584 | 4.7% |
| 2020 | 115,597 | $115,997 | 5.4% |
| 2019 | 109,636 | $111,416 | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 107,319 | $109,622 | 2.0% |
| 2017 | 105,237 | $105,963 | 1.4% |
| 2016 | 103,796 | $103,328 | 2.0% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
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Business and financial operations occupations in District of Columbia, quarterly, at full depth
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