Washington · SOC 51-0000 · Annual, 2025
Production occupations in Washington
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 51-0000 in Washington, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 162,300 people in Washington worked in production occupations (SOC 51-0000), with an average annual wage of $71,350.
Employment in production occupations in Washington declined 6.3% from 2020 to 2025. 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.
- 162,300Employment, 2025
- $71,350Mean annual wage
- 4.5%Share of Washington jobs
- 0.81Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 169,700; 2005 174,900; 2006 182,300; 2007 186,200; 2008 183,700; 2009 166,400; 2010 162,400; 2011 167,700; 2012 173,100; 2013 177,000; 2014 179,800; 2015 182,600; 2016 183,000; 2017 179,000; 2018 180,700; 2019 186,400; 2020 173,100; 2021 167,200; 2022 166,200; 2023 165,600; 2024 164,400; 2025 162,300.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 162,266 | $71,355 | 1.3% |
| 2024 | 164,442 | $67,772 | 0.7% |
| 2023 | 165,603 | $64,093 | 0.4% |
| 2022 | 166,192 | $60,766 | 0.6% |
| 2021 | 167,196 | $59,505 | 3.4% |
| 2020 | 173,137 | $56,756 | 7.1% |
| 2019 | 186,381 | $53,460 | 3.1% |
| 2018 | 180,710 | $50,944 | 1.0% |
| 2017 | 178,965 | $47,909 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 183,042 | $45,383 | 0.3% |
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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Production occupations in Washington, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for production 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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