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Industry Snapshot <br />The largest sector in Kittitas County, Washington is Educational Services, employing 2,535 workers. The next -largest <br />sectors in the region are Accommodation and Food Services (2,370 workers) and Retail Trade (1,984). High location <br />quotients (LOs) indicate sectors in which a region has high concentrations of employment compared to the national <br />average. The sectors with the largest LQs in the region are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (LQ= 6.61), <br />Utilities (4.40), and Educational Services (1.88). <br />Total Workers for Kittitas County, Washington by Industry <br />Public AdminletrA lon6.1%/ Agdsulture, Foreelry, Fishing vd Ienting8.9% <br />0ther SeMcea (eesept PUMic Adminislndan)3.4% <br />/ Ulllitlae2.3% <br />Assammodauon and Food Sarvleeal4.0% �m / Candmoisrl8.4% <br />Arte, nnertalnmenl, and Reerea0onl1 <br />Mamdactudng3.8% <br />HMO Can and Social AssislmtcA9.6% WIM <br />Educational SeMcesl 5.0% / <br />de3.5% <br />TnnaparMlan and Wanhousing2.4% <br />Real Estate and Rental and L,sasing2.0% <br />Prafamlanel, SeianUrrc, and Technical Servlcea23% <br />Adminhons8ge and suupppport and Waste Management and <br />Remedlatlon Servlsea3.0% <br />Emphwmemdataarederbedfromthe Quarterly Censusof Employmentand Wager,providedbythebureauoflaWIr Uxilend Impuudwherenemsury.WUareupdatedthrough2OMwwnhpmliMmry <br />ebtenab6updah W20220]. <br />Sectors in Kittitas County, Washington with the highest average wages per worker are Management of Companies <br />and Enterprises ($85,102), Finance and Insurance ($80,280), and Construction ($69,099). Regional sectors with the <br />best job growth (or most moderate job losses) over the last 5 years are Construction (+331 jobs), Educational Services <br />(+197), and Retail Trade (+127). <br />Over the next 1 year, employment in Kittitas County, Washington is projected to expand by 286 jobs. The fastest <br />growing sector in the region is expected to be Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation with a +3.5% year -over -year rate <br />of growth. The strongest forecast by number of jobs over this period is expected for Accommodation and Food <br />Services (+70 jobs), Educational Services (+43), and Health Care and Social Assistance (+42). <br />Source: Itttp:// wo 11 <br />e, r <br />I opal fconn fu All <br />