Seattle Puget Sound

Aerospaceemployment

135,600+ jobs

175 aerospace mfg. firms

1,353 related businesses

$11.5 billion in wages

The region

14x more people employed in aircraft manufacturing in the region than the national average

1/3 of jobs relate to production, machining parts, and building and assembling aircraft

King County

484 aerospace-related companies (half of the aerospace companies in the state)

45,576 jobs supported (half of the state’s aerospace engineers, machinists, and workers)

Research assets

• The University of Washington (Seattle)
• Washington State University (Pullman)
• University Center of North Puget Sound

Sources: http://aviationbenefits.org; www.commerce.wa.gov; http://www.psrc.org/; www.edc-seaking.org