Washington · SOC 21-0000 · Annual, 2025
Community and social service occupations in Washington
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 21-0000 in Washington, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 67,100 people in Washington worked in community and social service occupations (SOC 21-0000), with an average annual wage of $82,160.
Employment in community and social service occupations in Washington grew 21.3% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 67,100. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Washington are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 67,100Employment, 2025
- $82,160Mean annual wage
- 1.9%Share of Washington jobs
- 1.10Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 34,200; 2005 35,000; 2006 35,600; 2007 36,600; 2008 37,900; 2009 38,400; 2010 38,600; 2011 38,400; 2012 38,900; 2013 43,400; 2014 44,200; 2015 44,300; 2016 45,900; 2017 47,200; 2018 49,200; 2019 52,900; 2020 55,300; 2021 58,400; 2022 60,600; 2023 62,200; 2024 65,600; 2025 67,100.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67,139 | $82,158 | 2.3% |
| 2024 | 65,638 | $79,339 | 5.6% |
| 2023 | 62,180 | $73,531 | 2.7% |
| 2022 | 60,558 | $70,578 | 3.7% |
| 2021 | 58,407 | $65,581 | 5.5% |
| 2020 | 55,340 | $63,486 | 4.7% |
| 2019 | 52,867 | $59,292 | 7.3% |
| 2018 | 49,245 | $55,390 | 4.3% |
| 2017 | 47,204 | $52,375 | 2.8% |
| 2016 | 45,930 | $49,180 | 3.8% |
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.
Notes
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Community and social service occupations in Washington, quarterly, at full depth
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