Job Opportunities Across Washington

Up in the sky and down on the ground, the food, agricultural, and forestry industries dominate the Washington economy. Along with apples, Washington grows the most raspberries in the U.S. Add seed peas and grapes to the crops, and dairy farms to get farming jobs at the more than 30,000 farms in the state.

The next time you’re travelling in an aircraft whose model number ends in “7,” you are flying in a Washington-made plane. Boeing builds all their 7-series models in Everett and Renton. You can find production jobs at more than 1,300 aerospace construction companies that build commercial and military aircraft, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), and space exploration vehicles.

The list of technology-based companies that were born or have located to Washington is lengthy. Amazon, Microsoft, Expedia, Facebook, Google, Twitter, eBay are a few of the 13,000 companies that employ 280,000 in engineering and computer jobs.