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Peopte with disabitities are tess tikety to work in a for-profit setting, a private company, or local government; and more tikety to work for private non-profits, state and federal government, or be setf- emptoyed. They are atso less tikety to work in management, business, science, and arts occupations, and more tikety to work in service; sales and office; natural resources, construction, and maintenances; or production, transportation, and material moving occupations. (U.5. Census Bureau, 2019) Percent of Employed Poputation 16 and ove[ by lndustry 25 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2019) The median annual earnings of peopte with disabitities is 524,106, compared to 536,066 for people without disabitities. Peopte with disabitities are atso significantly more tikety to tiving in poverty with 32.4% tiving betow 150% of the poverty [eve[, compared to only '17 .8% of peopte without disabilities. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2019) The COVID-19 pandemic has drasticatly affected emptoyment opportunities in Washington State, especiatty for people with developmenta[ disabilities. After several years of maintaining about 65% of working age adutts with developmental disabitities who received supportive employment services who earned a wage, this percentage dropped lo 44% by Juty of 2020. (Washington State Devetopmental Disabitities Administration,2O2l) ln 2019, 4% of people receiving supportive emptoyment services earned subminimum wage and 24%were job seeking with no wages reported. The higher the acuity tevet, the tower percentage of peopte receiving minimum wage or setf-emptoyed. (Washington State Devetopmentat Disabitities Administration, 2020) 22.4 n.2 l: lil ft ffiffi'*'i* ir ii ir i, ii i* ;i0.*'u"""* _l-':.!'.i"tt".""""""'.-"C ---u t ^oao" "r..t *.a'{.*t qso onf**^cc ee"" ."."" ."e.o,s ,...*,"' t* ".C ^od- o*'' -"c,.* -.*':" .,c- ({* odd e.*r.ua r With a Disabitity r No Disabitity I