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Employment <br />In Kittitas County employment grew at a rate of 2.5% <br />between 2000 and 2008. The County suffered job losses <br />during the recession beginning in 2009, and since then job <br />growth has been stagnant or slow. In 2014, county <br />employment finally surpassed the 2008 peak. During the <br />entire period of 2000 — 2014, county employment grew at <br />an average annual rate of 1,4%. The employment sectors <br />with the highest growth between 2000 and 2014 were <br />professional and business services, and the leisure and <br />hospitality sectors (Table 21). The Washington State <br />Employment Security Department has projected that <br />these two sectors, and Education and Health Services, will <br />experience the highest growth rates over the next several <br />years. Many of EllensbuWs top employers are in these <br />sectors. <br />Table 21. MtNtgs Ccmmty Employment and Growth Ralles by So2or <br />LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN <br />ELLENSBURG <br />• Central Washington <br />University <br />■ Kittltas Valley Healthcare <br />■ Ellensburg School District <br />■ Kittltas County <br />• Anderson Hay and Grain <br />Elmview <br />reirpoint Communications <br />■ Fred Meyer <br />■ City of Ellensburg <br />■ Twin City Foods, Inc. <br />Leisure and hospitality 3,210 2.52% 22.10% 2.07% 1.38% <br />Private education & <br />health services 1,450 2.04% 3.60% 3.59% 189% <br />State & local <br />government 6,340 1.61% 17.00% 1.29% 1.21% <br />Federal government 180 -1.78% 12,50% -1.28% 0.00% <br />*At the time of data analysis ESD had not released seasonally adjusted 2015 employment counts that are comparable to the <br />2009-2014 data. Therefore, growth rtes are calculated se parately for this one year period. <br />Source: Washington State Employment Security Departmerrt, Labor Market and Performance Analysis, 2015. <br />Ellensburg's annual employment growth rate of 0.7%, between 2002 and 2013, was slower than <br />the countywide employment growth. Between 2013 and 2014, there was an 8% decline in the <br />total number of workers in Ellensburg, a loss of 533 primaryjobs. <br />Between 2002 and 2014 there has been a slow decline in the number of Ellensburg residents <br />who work in Kittitas County, and a steady increase in the number of Ellensburg residents who <br />CITY OF ELLENSBURG COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 9 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT o PAGE 127 <br />Average annual growth rate <br />ESD plrvlecled annuel <br />Err4)kr#mrtt s1 <br />0/ %2013 <br />^ <br />gm.wt...hraft <br />empkrpmd <br />OW2014� <br />20M - 2014 <br />091=Goods <br />2013 - <br />2018.2023 <br />producing <br />1,510 <br />0.91% <br />0.00% <br />- <br />Trade, transportation, <br />utilities <br />2,500 <br />0.12% <br />5,00% <br />1.37% <br />0:.95% <br />Information & <br />financial activities <br />730 <br />2.41% <br />5.80% <br />0.00% <br />0,43% <br />Professional & <br />business services <br />680 <br />2.73% <br />17.20% <br />1,39% <br />2.23% <br />Leisure and hospitality 3,210 2.52% 22.10% 2.07% 1.38% <br />Private education & <br />health services 1,450 2.04% 3.60% 3.59% 189% <br />State & local <br />government 6,340 1.61% 17.00% 1.29% 1.21% <br />Federal government 180 -1.78% 12,50% -1.28% 0.00% <br />*At the time of data analysis ESD had not released seasonally adjusted 2015 employment counts that are comparable to the <br />2009-2014 data. Therefore, growth rtes are calculated se parately for this one year period. <br />Source: Washington State Employment Security Departmerrt, Labor Market and Performance Analysis, 2015. <br />Ellensburg's annual employment growth rate of 0.7%, between 2002 and 2013, was slower than <br />the countywide employment growth. Between 2013 and 2014, there was an 8% decline in the <br />total number of workers in Ellensburg, a loss of 533 primaryjobs. <br />Between 2002 and 2014 there has been a slow decline in the number of Ellensburg residents <br />who work in Kittitas County, and a steady increase in the number of Ellensburg residents who <br />CITY OF ELLENSBURG COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 9 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT o PAGE 127 <br />