Washington State Labor Projections

Occupational employment projections from the WA Employment Security Department.

About this data

These projections are produced by the Washington State Employment Security Department's Labor Market Information and Research (LMIR) division. Short-term projections cover 2-year windows; long-term cover 10-year windows. Data is broken out by Workforce Development Area (WDA).

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SOC	Occupation	Employment	Projected	Growth	Annual Openings	Job Posts
15-0000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	226,639	228,317	0.7%	65,477	—
15-1200	Computer Occupations	219,308	220,838	0.7%	63,183	—
15-1252	Software Developers	102,961	103,721	0.7%	28,171	9045
15-1232	Computer User Support Specialists	22,019	22,166	0.7%	7,224	171
15-1211	Computer Systems Analysts	20,396	20,563	0.8%	6,349	3
15-1299	Computer Occupations, All Other	14,314	14,438	0.9%	5,056	566
15-1254	Web Developers	20,216	20,313	0.5%	5,034	28
15-1244	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	11,006	11,061	0.5%	3,350	3612
15-2000	Mathematical Science Occupations	7,331	7,476	2.0%	2,294	—
15-1251	Computer Programmers	7,569	7,551	-0.2%	1,990	—
15-1212	Information Security Analysts	4,304	4,401	2.3%	1,487	1091
15-1231	Computer Network Support Specialists	4,707	4,738	0.7%	1,390	8
15-1241	Computer Network Architects	4,877	4,885	0.2%	1,276	448
15-1242	Database Administrators	4,068	4,100	0.8%	1,147	233
15-2051	Data Scientists	2,581	2,644	2.4%	907	3123
15-1221	Computer and Information Research Scientists	2,871	2,897	0.9%	709	—
15-2031	Operations Research Analysts	2,653	2,693	1.5%	685	16
15-2041	Statisticians	1,504	1,536	2.2%	531	69
15-2011	Actuaries	468	475	1.5%	133	349
15-2021	Mathematicians	125	127	2.0%	38	45