Washington · SOC 33-0000 · Annual, 2025
Protective service occupations in Washington
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 33-0000 in Washington, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 77,100 people in Washington worked in protective service occupations (SOC 33-0000), with an average annual wage of $87,630.
Employment in protective service occupations in Washington grew 17.9% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 77,100. 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.
- 77,100Employment, 2025
- $87,630Mean annual wage
- 2.1%Share of Washington jobs
- 0.89Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 55,500; 2005 56,200; 2006 57,500; 2007 58,500; 2008 60,400; 2009 60,100; 2010 59,700; 2011 59,500; 2012 59,800; 2013 60,700; 2014 61,700; 2015 63,300; 2016 65,500; 2017 66,300; 2018 66,300; 2019 67,500; 2020 65,400; 2021 67,300; 2022 69,500; 2023 72,200; 2024 75,700; 2025 77,100.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77,130 | $87,626 | 1.9% |
| 2024 | 75,698 | $83,033 | 4.9% |
| 2023 | 72,174 | $80,141 | 3.8% |
| 2022 | 69,507 | $77,002 | 3.3% |
| 2021 | 67,290 | $75,695 | 2.8% |
| 2020 | 65,444 | $73,442 | 3.0% |
| 2019 | 67,466 | $67,287 | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 66,285 | $65,551 | 0.0% |
| 2017 | 66,296 | $63,228 | 1.2% |
| 2016 | 65,525 | $60,452 | 3.5% |
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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Protective service occupations in Washington, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for protective service occupations in Washington. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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