Other general-merchandise retailers in Washington 428 establishments · 5,833 employees · 2024
Firms (WA)
428
Employment
5,833
Avg Annual Pay
$33,499
State Rank
#36 of 52
How Washington compares to national
Metric
Washington
National
Washington vs. U.S.
Establishments
428
64,331
0.7% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$33,499
$34,387
-$888 (-2.6%)
Location quotient
0.34
1.00
66% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
13.6
5.1
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Year-over-year firm growth
+1.9%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 0.34 means other general-merchandise retailers are 66% under-represented in Washington's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
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Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 455219. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json