Economic Impacts of Washington’s Maritime Industry 2022

The Washington Maritime Federation commissioned McKinley Research Group, in association with High Peak Strategy, to conduct a study of the economic impact of Washington’s maritime industry in 2022. The following are key findings from the study.

In 2022, the maritime sector supported 174,300 jobs, $14.4 billion in labor income, and $45.9 billion in business revenues. Each direct job in the maritime sector was associated with a total of 2.8 jobs across the state economy. Every dollar of sales by the maritime industry supported an additional 90 cents in sales in other parts of the state economy (a multiplier of 1.9).

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