State labor market
Washington labor market
Current statewide hiring activity plus occupation-level employment and pay for Washington. OEWS answers what occupations pay and how many workers BLS estimates are employed; the postings measures show more current statewide hiring activity.
Current statewide signal
Washington hiring snapshot
Indeed job-postings measures across all occupations in Washington.
Indeed job postings only. Postings are not a count of all vacancies or hires, Indeed does not cover the whole labor market, and this is statewide activity across all occupations, not an occupation health score. Each series is seasonally adjusted and indexed to its own February 1, 2020 level, so a higher index does not mean more jobs than another state. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved Sep 26, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and differences.
Occupations & pay
Where Washington workers are employed
The eight largest occupations in our tracked OEWS catalog, by BLS estimated employment. These are estimated jobs held, not current openings or a count of unique people.
Home health and personal care aides
103,260estimated employmentBusiness operations specialists, all other
51,650estimated employmentPay examples
Selected occupation pay examples
The same familiar occupations on every state page. Each U.S. figure uses the same measure (annual or hourly) as the Washington figure beside it.
- Registered nurses$124,200/yr Washington median annualU.S. $97,550/yr
- Software developers$166,540/yr Washington median annualU.S. $135,980/yr
- Electricians$95,220/yr Washington median annualU.S. $63,190/yr
- Accountants and auditors$96,550/yr Washington median annualU.S. $83,680/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$102,350/yr Washington median annualU.S. $63,970/yr
- Marketing managers$172,270/yr Washington median annualU.S. $166,790/yr
Pay compared with the U.S.
How Washington occupation pay differs
Up to 5 occupations per side with at least 1,000 estimated Washington workers and published state and U.S. median annual wages, ordered by the largest percentage gap. Nominal wages, not adjusted for cost of living; not a demand or overall market ranking, and not a test of statistical significance.
Higher median than U.S.
- Computer numerically controlled tool operators$107,920/yr state median · 2,270 workers+112.9%vs. U.S. $50,690/yr
- Skincare specialists$79,320/yr state median · 2,200 workers+75.0%vs. U.S. $45,330/yr
- Paramedics$104,310/yr state median · 2,110 workers+72.1%vs. U.S. $60,600/yr
- Gambling dealers$58,700/yr state median · 4,370 workers+71.0%vs. U.S. $34,320/yr
- Tool and die makers$109,390/yr state median · 1,510 workers+70.8%vs. U.S. $64,050/yr
Lower median than U.S.
- Tax preparers$45,370/yr state median · 1,360 workers-17.4%vs. U.S. $54,920/yr
- Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates$134,270/yr state median · 1,040 workers-12.8%vs. U.S. $153,990/yr
- Producers and directors$81,550/yr state median · 2,270 workers-9.7%vs. U.S. $90,360/yr
- Locomotive engineers$73,750/yr state median · 1,120 workers-9.4%vs. U.S. $81,410/yr
- Database architects$128,760/yr state median · 2,990 workers-7.7%vs. U.S. $139,500/yr
Explore occupations
Occupation pay in Washington
Search every tracked OEWS occupation record for Washington. Links marked “Washington report” open a detailed state report; links marked “National report” open the U.S. occupation report because no Washington report is available.
704 occupations · showing 1–25
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), reference period May 2025; our data connection last checked Sep 23, 2026. OEWS covers wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. “Top-coded” means BLS publishes only that the wage is at or above its reporting ceiling; “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate. Missing values are never estimated. These occupation wages are separate from the QCEW industry trends on detailed occupation pages.