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Updated 10/2010
Washington County Employees by Jurisdiction

Number of County Employees by Jurisdiction

Source: 2010 City and County Employee Salary & Benefit Survey, Association of Washington Cities.

When comparing the number of employees, please bear in mind that no two counties are organized exactly the same way. This data does not include information about specific organization structure, about the number of services provided through contract on a public-private basis, or whether or not the public entity includes utility operations.

See also MRSC's Number of City Employees by Jurisdiction page.

Please note: "PT" indicates part-time employees, and "FT" indicates full-time employees.

Jurisdiction Name Population Number of
FT Employees
Number of
PT Employees
King County 1933400 12427 2546
Pierce County 814600 2987 74
Snohomish County 711100 2606 53
Spokane County 470300 1990 480
Clark County 435600 1532 89
Thurston County 252400 1012 60
Kitsap County 248300 1208 44
Yakima County 239100 1489 46
Whatcom County 195500 835 46
Benton County 172900 653 106
Skagit County 119300 607 39
Cowlitz County 100000 540 13
Grant County 87700 520 50
Island County 81100 373 55
Lewis County 75600 538 151
Franklin County 75500 255 3
Chelan County 73300 421 13
Grays Harbor County 71600 348 48
Clallam County 70100 367 28
Walla Walla County 59600 336 29
Mason County 57100 325 29
Stevens County 44300 248 70
Whitman County 43600 201 11
Okanogan County 40900 317 9
Kittitas County 40500 269 10
Douglas County 38500 200 3
Jefferson County 29300 271 119
Pacific County 22100 165 15
Asotin County 21700 135 14
Klickitat County 20500 224 12
Adams County 18300 178 3
San Juan County 16500 186 57
Pend Oreille County 13100 157 22
Skamania County 10900 171 24
Lincoln County 10500    
Ferry County 7850 92 20
Columbia County 4150 69 8
Wahkiakum County 4150 72 23
Garfield County 2300 62 19