The number of jobs includes private and public, full-time and part-time, and self-employment as well as wage and salary employment.
In Washington, the number of jobs . . .
- was 4,558,011 in 2021, compared to 4,385,827 a year earlier.
- increased by 41 percent in the 1970s, increased by 35 percent in the 1980s, increased by 24 percent in the 1990s, increased by 7 percent in the 2000s, and increased by 16 between 2010 and 2020.
- ranked 14th – from most to least – among the 50 states in 2021.