Washington · SOC 53-0000 · Annual, 2025
Transportation and material moving occupations in Washington
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 53-0000 in Washington, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 296,400 people in Washington worked in transportation and material moving occupations (SOC 53-0000), with an average annual wage of $70,660.
Employment in transportation and material moving occupations in Washington grew 11.8% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 296,400. 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.
- 296,400Employment, 2025
- $70,660Mean annual wage
- 8.2%Share of Washington jobs
- 0.93Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 192,000; 2005 197,100; 2006 203,400; 2007 207,800; 2008 205,700; 2009 194,100; 2010 191,200; 2011 195,300; 2012 199,700; 2013 204,100; 2014 210,700; 2015 218,300; 2016 223,600; 2017 228,100; 2018 246,400; 2019 262,400; 2020 265,100; 2021 281,900; 2022 289,600; 2023 295,700; 2024 294,300; 2025 296,400.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 296,357 | $70,658 | 0.7% |
| 2024 | 294,258 | $67,947 | 0.5% |
| 2023 | 295,703 | $64,636 | 2.1% |
| 2022 | 289,557 | $58,713 | 2.7% |
| 2021 | 281,930 | $59,974 | 6.3% |
| 2020 | 265,115 | $55,083 | 1.0% |
| 2019 | 262,442 | $51,253 | 6.5% |
| 2018 | 246,383 | $47,955 | 8.0% |
| 2017 | 228,097 | $44,570 | 2.0% |
| 2016 | 223,613 | $41,095 | 2.4% |
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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Transportation and material moving occupations in Washington, quarterly, at full depth
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