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BUSINESS NEWSKUKA Aerospace opens its robotics factory in Everett . . . . .10

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By Jim DavisThe Herald Business Journal Editor

EVERETT — It’s the top capital pri-ority for Washington State University in this upcoming legislative session: A $61.1 million academic building in north Everett.

The four-story, 95,000-square-foot structure would be the new home for the University Center and a lasting, physical presence for WSU in the community.

“I think the building we’re planning is really going to be a gem in the com-munity,” said Paul Pitre, dean of WSU North Puget Sound.

It would also serve as a concrete com-mitment for the community, which has been pursuing a four-year, research uni-versity for decades, said Bob Drewel, interim chancellor for WSU North Puget Sound.

“That transcends hope,” Drewel said. “That’s reality.”

Add on a $4.5 million request to expand programs in Everett and it makes for an important legislative session for both WSU and the region.

It will be a difficult session, because the Legislature is already looking for more money to pay for K-12 education, part of the demands of the McCleary decision.

Drewel said he understands that. He adds that the Legislature always has a demanding job finding money for com-peting priorities. But he said it would be folly to consider K-12 in isolation of higher education.

He also notes that the state made a commitment to Boeing in the process of placing the 777X in Everett to provide machinists, engineers and mechanics for the aerospace industry.

“That’s something that is very, very

important,” Drewel said.A telling sign is coming at the end of

December when Gov. Jay Inslee releases his capital budget. Lawmakers in the Sen-ate and House will release their versions in the session.

Everett has sought a university for years, first when lawmakers looked to place what would eventually become University of Washington Bothell.

More recently, city, county and state leaders thought the UW would build a branch campus somewhere in the county. But UW retreated amid infighting among civic leaders on a location and the

feared cost of construction a new college. In stepped WSU under the leadership

of President Elson Floyd.In 2012, the university started offer-

ing classes for a mechanical engineering degree through the University Center, a collaboration of public and private col-leges based on the campus of Everett Community College.

This fall WSU launched bachelor’s degree programs in electrical engineer-ing, communications and hospitality-business management.

For years, Everett Community College managed the consortium, which includes the University of Washington, Western Washington and Central Washington universities. On July 1, the community college transferred control to WSU.

Conversations for the new Univer-sity Center building began in 2012. Last year, WSU received $10 million in state funding to design the facility, planned for a chunk of land that is now part of the parking lot at the College Plaza shopping center, near the corner of North Broad-way and Tower Street.

In the upcoming legislative session, WSU is asking for $4.5 million to launch four new programs offering 10 majors. Those programs are aviation manage-ment and aviation maintenance manage-ment; data analytics; software engineer-ing; and sustainable food systems.

Central Washington University already offers the aviation program at its campus

in Ellensburg, but would expand to offer classes for up to 30 students in Everett. Data analytics and software engineering would offer choices for students seek-ing STEM courseloads. Sustainable food systems would dovetail with existing pro-grams already being offered at Edmonds Community College and Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon.

“I think people in the three county region should anticipate each and every program has substantial thought behind it,” Drewel said. “It has a purpose and a reason for its delivery.”

The University Center currently teaches about 400 students. If the new programs are added, the University Cen-ter would add another 100 or more, Pitre said.

And that’s part of the need for the new building. They’re already running into space issues in their borrowed home at the EvCC campus. The new building will include 12 classrooms and 10 labo-ratories. It will have a small space for a café and another area set aside for public gatherings.

It will be vital for the science, tech-nology, engineering and mathematics courses the university intends to offer.

“I think the importance to WSU is the ability to have the types of facilities that we need to have to offer these top-notch engineering programs,” Pitre said.

If the Legislature approves the project, construction could start as soon as next year with an open date in 2017. Its loca-tion near EvCC’s new Advanced Manu-facturing Education & Training Center is ideal. They’re also considering how the WSU North Puget Sound can grow into the future.

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Washington State University is asking for $61.1 million from the Legislature to build a new home for the University Center in north Everett.

Creating a ‘gem in the community’WSU makes new University Center top capital priority

“I think the importance to WSU is the ability to have the types of facilities that we need to have to offer these top-notch engineering programs.”

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By Debra VaughnFor The Herald Business Journal

Take a drive down Highway 526 and look north toward the cranes and trucks and workers building the future of not only Boeing but an entire region.

Contractors are creating a new 1.3 million-square-foot factory where Boeing workers will eventually fabricate airplane wings for a new family of twin-aisle air-planes called the 777X.

The new plane marries the technol-ogy of the popular 777 with the material advances of the fuel-efficient Dreamliner. When the first 777X rolls off the factory floor sometime around 2020, it will be the largest and most efficient twin-engine jet in the world.

That efficiency largely comes from the wings that will be fabricated from a super light and strong carbon fiber composite

material. At a groundbreaking ceremony, Boeing chief executive officer Ray Con-ner called them “the most phenomenal wings in the world.” He said the compos-

ite wings would take Boeing into the next century.

A lot of the future is riding on those wings.

The Composite Wing Center secures a future for Boeing in Everett and all that comes with it: good-paying jobs, tax rev-enue and the pump of steady paychecks into the local economy.

Boeing declined to say exactly how many jobs the new 777X will cre-ate but did say that it would increase employment on the 777 group by 10 percent.

Boeing’s move toward more advanced manufacturing techniques sets the stage for other companies to cluster here.

For instance, KUKA Aerospace, a divi-sion of the largest robotics companies in the world, just opened a facility near Boe-ing and is on tap to create the automated system that will build the fuselage of the 777X.

“We have a renewed confidence this industry will be here for a minimum of the next few decades,” said Alex Pietsch, director of the state Office of Aerospace. “The decision to build the 777X here will interest companies around the world who want to be here and make investments.

“Companies already here are expand-ing as they ramp up to meet increased


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Jacob Bruns repairs a piece of carbon fiber composite with a honeycomb core during an Everett Community College class. Carbon fiber composites are being used more in manufacturing including in aerospace.

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Construction of the new facility that will build carbon-fiber composite wings of the 777X in Everett is already ahead of schedule.



production rates. It’s exciting.”When the Composite Wing Center is

complete, it will hold automated equip-ment that fabricates the components of the 235-foot wings: the wing spars, wing skins and stringers.

Equipment will wind carbon fiber lay-ers around a form and then the parts will be cured in 120-foot-long autoclaves. The components will then be assembled elsewhere in the Everett site.

Carbon-fiber composites are prized for a high strength-to-weight ratio.

They don’t easily fatigue like metal or corrode. They’re easy to mold and shape and bonded structures are smoother and more aerodynamic than those that are riveted.

On the downside, carbon-fiber com-posites require special storage and han-dling and expensive equipment to cre-ate. They require a skilled work force to create and repair. And composites are expensive.

There’s an incredible demand beyond Boeing for skilled workers who know how to fabricate and repair composites, said Patrick Murphy, an instructor for Everett Community College’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology Composites program.

By his own audit, as many as 180 com-panies in the county manufacture or in some way work with composites in indus-tries such as aerospace, marine, wind or the military.

The Everett Community College pro-gram regularly has a waiting list for the 20 slots in its program. The program is add-ing another 20 slots.

The use of composite materials isn’t new in many industries.

Manufacturers routinely use compos-ites for bikes, tennis rackets and other sporting goods. Composites in various forms are used in tubs, showers and sinks. Advanced composites are used in boats and aircraft.

BMW opened a plant in Moses Lake in Eastern Washington in 2011 that will provide carbon fiber parts for the i3 and i8 models.

Both models will be assembled in Leipzig, Germany.

The Boeing Co. and the BMW Group announced in 2012 that they had agreed to collaborate on research on carbon fiber recycling.

The companies also said they would share carbon fiber manufacturing process simulations and ideas for manufacturing automation.

Snohomish County is becoming something of a hub for advanced manu-

facturing, which includes carbon-fiber composites, said Troy McClelland, presi-dent of Economic Alliance Snohomish County.

Boeing is spending more than $1 bil-lion dollars on the Composite Wing Cen-ter. Contractors are working at breakneck speed to get the building finished by May 2016.

Production is scheduled to begin the following year with the first aircraft ready for customers in 2020. That’s a tight timeline.

“Customers have told us they need this aircraft in their business cycle,” said Eric Lindblad, vice president of the Wing Integration 777X Program. “We’re on an accelerated timeline.

“We have to build an entire building,

get the equipment installed and start production.”

With so much on the line, easy work-ing relationships with city officials who handle permitting was one factor in deciding to locate production in Everett, he said.

Contractors got a seven week head start after local and state officials worked together to streamline the permitting process.

Another factor was the success-ful approval of an eight-year contract extension with the International Asso-ciation of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 that included an agreement by Boeing to fabricate and assemble the wings of the 777X in the Puget Sound.

Statewide, the composites industry offers the potential for tens of thousands of skilled labor jobs, according to the state Department of Commerce.

State employers engage in com-posites last year employed more than 10,000 workers — that’s up from nearly 8,400 in 2011. That excludes jobs at Boeing.

Boeing and composite supplier Toray Industries pioneered the use of prepreg composites — a combination of high-strength carbon fiber and toughened epoxy resin — in the 1970s. By 1994, assemblies including the empennage and floor beams were being produced for the 777 program.

In 2004, Boeing launched the Dream-liner, which had more composite material than any other commercial airplane.

The 777X is the next iteration. It is expected to boast 12 percent lower fuel consumption and 10 percent lower oper-ating costs than the competition.

That’s appealing to customers who above all else want an aircraft that is effi-cient to operate, said Lindblad, the vice president of the Wing Integration 777X program.

The only ways to affect efficiency are to improve engine performance, design a more aerodynamic aircraft or reduce weight.

The 787 with its higher make up of composites was a quantum leap over its aluminum predecessors, and Boeing learned how to better apply these com-posites, he said.

The company opted to use more com-posite material on the wings of the 777X, rather than the fuselage, because that’s where the strength and lightness of com-posites make the biggest difference in weight.

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Everett Community College instructor Patrick Murphy (right) estimates that 180 firms in Snohomish County work with carbon-fiber composites..

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Carter Passmore repairs a carbon fiber piece during an Everett Community College Aerospace Composite Certificate class.

Carbon-fiber composites are prized for a high strength-to-weight ratio. They don’t easily fatigue like metal or corrode. They’re easy to mold and shape.


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By Debra VaughnThe Herald

Business Journal

EVERETT — KUKA Aerospace, a division of one of the largest robotics companies in the world, has opened a facility in Everett on Seaway Boule-vard near Boeing.

The company builds

state-of-the-art automated systems and is working with Boeing on manufac-turing technology to build the 777X.

KUKA is creating auto-mated robots that will fas-ten the panels of the fuse-lage together, drill and fill more than 60,000 fasten-ers that are now installed by hand.

KUKA’s arrival is just the beginning of advanced manufacturers that will be drawn to the area to sup-port the more technical production of the 777x line, said Troy McClel-land, president of Eco-nomic Alliance Snohom-ish County.

The robotic system designed by KUKA is

the latest in a series of advanced manufactur-ing changes on the 777 program, which already include new systems for painting wings and other drilling operations.

“You can see this trend toward more advanced technology in the 777X line and this should dem-onstrate a shift in manu-

facturing,” McClelland said. “We’re well posi-tioned for advanced man-ufacturers to take root here.”

McClelland said he’s spoken with a handful of other companies involved in automation, advanced material and composite technology interested in locating here. He didn’t

share names.Snohomish County is

a desirable location for these companies because it offers an existing technology cluster, a tech-nical work force, educa-tion programs at local community colleges and municipal officials ready to work with companies on a smooth transition, McClelland said.

The 29,000-square-foot KUKA facility will serve as a service and maintenance hub close to its customers on the West Coast. The center will employ about 75 people, most of them hired from the local area, according to a prepared statement from the com-pany. KUKA Aerospace, the global aerospace divi-sion of the KUKA Systems Group, is based in Clinton Township, Michigan.

KUKA’s project portfo-lio includes orders from some of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers to design and build assem-bly systems for commer-cial, business and military aircraft.

This is one of the larg-est projects KUKA has undertaken in the aero-space sector.

When the Boeing 777X twin-aisle passenger jet goes into full production, each fuselage will be built using advanced automa-tion technology developed collaboratively by KUKA and Boeing, according to the company.

Before, a giant lathe-like machine turned the fuse-lages, and workers stood inside and out, drilling and filling. KUKA’s new technology allows machines to drill from above, which saves time and is expected to improve worker safety.

More than half of all injuries on the 777 pro-gram occurred during the phase of production that will be automated, accord-ing to a statement from Boeing.

The 777 program is testing the technology, known as Fuselage Auto-mated Upright Build, in Anacortes. The system will be installed in Ever-ett in a new portion of the main factory now under construction.

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WSU is working closely with its academic partners, community leaders, and the legisla-ture to explore expanding the academic offer-ings at EUC and WSU North Puget Sound at Everett. “We are asking the legislature to sup-port up to 10 new academic program options for students; all connected to the job oppor-tunities unique to our area” says Chancellor Drewel. “If approved, new offerings will include aviation managment programs by Central Washington University along with several indi-vidual WSU degree programs covering agricul-ture, data analytics, and software engineering.”

These programs, designed to take advantage of the region’s economic strengths, will add to the already robust set of third- and fourth-year bac-calaureate degree offerings through the EUC.

“We are unique in this state,” says Dean Pitre. “It is only here in Everett where you can earn your AA degree at EvCC or Skagit Valley College or Edmonds Community College, or any community college, and then matriculate at either University of Washington – Bothell, or WSU North Puget Sound at Everett, Western Washington University, CWU, Eastern Wash-ington University, Evergreen State College or Hope International, a private university to take high quality, highly rated third- and fourth-year courses to finish your bachelor’s degree at one of these excellent institutions.”

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The North Puget Sound is one of the most distinctive regions in our state. Its landscape is filled with picturesque mountains, water, and river valleys where some of the most delicious crops of Washington are grown.

Our region is also the scene of burgeoning opportuni-ties for high paying jobs and economic growth. Home to the most significant manufacturing cluster in the state of Washington, the region is also known for its high concen-tration of technology-based jobs – second only to King County in the state.

To further advance these strengths in agriculture, manufacturing, and high tech, residents of this region also have one-of-a-kind higher education choices like never before.

Washington State University is now the manager of the Everett University Center, a consortium of institutions who have come together for higher education delivery. The EUC offers the third- and fourth-year in-struction in baccalaureate degree programs for those interested in receiving their educa-tion and then working here at home.

“Never has there been such a wide array of educational opportunities for students here in North Puget Sound,” says Bob Drewel, Chan-cellor of EUC and WSU North Puget Sound at Everett. “Because of the hard work of this commu-nity, civic leaders and partners, the support of the legislature, and the commitment of WSU, students have more choices to seamlessly transfer from a local community college and earn four-year degrees that can lead to high paying jobs vital to our region.”

Gabriel Valea (pictured right), is proof of the value of this unique approach to higher education that benefits students who need options in the college experi-ence. “I am excited to earn my WSU degree here in Everett, “ says Gabriel. “The campus, co-lo-cated on the Everett Community College campus, fits my preferred learning style. I want a campus that is more intimate, smaller in size, and where I know my professors and they know me. I have confidence that I will be able to take my mechanical engineering degree to the next level when I graduate: finding a great job here in the area.”

“Gabriel’s story is an example of the benefits of having four-year degree options here in Everett,” says Paul Pitre, academic dean of EUC and WSU North Puget Sound at Everett. “Gabriel is thriving because of the relationships he has developed with his professors and fellow students. He is experiencing a world-class education that prepares him to be ‘job-ready, day one’ when he graduates with his WSU diploma.”

“I am grateful that I am earning my degree in an educational setting that best fits me,” says Gabriel. “I feel at home at WSU North Puget Sound at Everett because literally, I am home, a place I enjoy, where I want to work, and where I want to stay.”


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WSU is working closely with its academic partners, community leaders, and the legisla-ture to explore expanding the academic offer-ings at EUC and WSU North Puget Sound at Everett. “We are asking the legislature to sup-port up to 10 new academic program options for students; all connected to the job oppor-tunities unique to our area” says Chancellor Drewel. “If approved, new offerings will include aviation managment programs by Central Washington University along with several indi-vidual WSU degree programs covering agricul-ture, data analytics, and software engineering.”

These programs, designed to take advantage of the region’s economic strengths, will add to the already robust set of third- and fourth-year bac-calaureate degree offerings through the EUC.

“We are unique in this state,” says Dean Pitre. “It is only here in Everett where you can earn your AA degree at EvCC or Skagit Valley College or Edmonds Community College, or any community college, and then matriculate at either University of Washington – Bothell, or WSU North Puget Sound at Everett, Western Washington University, CWU, Eastern Wash-ington University, Evergreen State College or Hope International, a private university to take high quality, highly rated third- and fourth-year courses to finish your bachelor’s degree at one of these excellent institutions.”

Washington state University north PUget soUnd at everett

The North Puget Sound is one of the most distinctive regions in our state. Its landscape is filled with picturesque mountains, water, and river valleys where some of the most delicious crops of Washington are grown.

Our region is also the scene of burgeoning opportuni-ties for high paying jobs and economic growth. Home to the most significant manufacturing cluster in the state of Washington, the region is also known for its high concen-tration of technology-based jobs – second only to King County in the state.

To further advance these strengths in agriculture, manufacturing, and high tech, residents of this region also have one-of-a-kind higher education choices like never before.

Washington State University is now the manager of the Everett University Center, a consortium of institutions who have come together for higher education delivery. The EUC offers the third- and fourth-year in-struction in baccalaureate degree programs for those interested in receiving their educa-tion and then working here at home.

“Never has there been such a wide array of educational opportunities for students here in North Puget Sound,” says Bob Drewel, Chan-cellor of EUC and WSU North Puget Sound at Everett. “Because of the hard work of this commu-nity, civic leaders and partners, the support of the legislature, and the commitment of WSU, students have more choices to seamlessly transfer from a local community college and earn four-year degrees that can lead to high paying jobs vital to our region.”

Gabriel Valea (pictured right), is proof of the value of this unique approach to higher education that benefits students who need options in the college experi-ence. “I am excited to earn my WSU degree here in Everett, “ says Gabriel. “The campus, co-lo-cated on the Everett Community College campus, fits my preferred learning style. I want a campus that is more intimate, smaller in size, and where I know my professors and they know me. I have confidence that I will be able to take my mechanical engineering degree to the next level when I graduate: finding a great job here in the area.”

“Gabriel’s story is an example of the benefits of having four-year degree options here in Everett,” says Paul Pitre, academic dean of EUC and WSU North Puget Sound at Everett. “Gabriel is thriving because of the relationships he has developed with his professors and fellow students. He is experiencing a world-class education that prepares him to be ‘job-ready, day one’ when he graduates with his WSU diploma.”

“I am grateful that I am earning my degree in an educational setting that best fits me,” says Gabriel. “I feel at home at WSU North Puget Sound at Everett because literally, I am home, a place I enjoy, where I want to work, and where I want to stay.”

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Commercial and residential rental rates have been strong in the Puget Sound region over the last year.

But can they continue in that trend? And what about Snohomish County in particular?

Brent Jackson, vice president of the brokerage group Jones Lang LaSalle in Seattle, works primarily in the industrial commercial lease and sale market. He knows the Snohomish County market, well, particularly those areas around Lyn-nwood and in the Seaway industrial zone in Everett.

“Over the last two to three years, the general trend for industrial space in the north end market has been in a positive direction,” Jackson said. “It has moved to lower vacancy rates and more demand and more deals getting done as well as the resultant increase in rental rates.”

Unless there is an unforeseen down-turn in the aerospace market or the gen-eral economy, Jackson believes the Sno-homish County industrial rental market is in pretty good shape for quite a while.

A key move in this industry occurred in April 2014 when Boeing signed leases on

nearly 300,000 square feet of office space in Bothell in order to house those office workers displaced when old buildings were torn down to begin construction on Everett’s new wing plant.

“Obviously it was a great boon for Bothell,” Jackson said. “Most of those leases are for three to five years so there is a little bit of speculation as to what they might do at the end of those lease terms.”

Prior to Boeing’s move, there had been a number of spaces in the 20,000- to 50,000-square-foot range that had been sitting vacant on the market for quite a while. Suddenly the majority of those spaces were leased, creating an extremely tight local market from a vacancies standpoint.

“At the end of the third quarter, our metrics that we track indicate about 5.5 percent vacancy, which is very low,” Jack-son said. “What we are seeing, going into 2015, is that people who want to lease space in that market are going to have a challenge in finding good quality, mod-ern, reasonably priced space.”

The lack of alternatives may force tenants searching for properties in the Woodinville, Bothell, Lynnwood and Everett areas to look further north. That could be good news for north Snohomish County.

Jackson recently had a client looking in the Arlington area simply to get the square footage the company needed. The buildings on available properties in that zone aren’t usually as new or amenity-filled as those found in the Seaway area, he said, and the location not as desirable. But many tenants may be willing to com-promise on their wish list in order to get housed.


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Jackson has also noticed some specu-lative development taking place in the Seaway Center of Everett. Specifically he pointed to the Powder Mill Busi-ness Center being developed by Pana-tonni. The gamble seems to have paid off already for the company.

“They have signed a lease with HDI Landing Gear, which is a new company coming into the market from Montreal that is doing work for Boeing,” Jackson said.

HDI is scheduled to open next year in the 21,000-square-foot space. Many other potential tenants have also shown interest in the 36-acre industrial park.

Another area of the rental market that has been abuzz is the multifamily hous-ing or apartment rental market. The recently reported apartment vacancy rate for the Puget Sound region is 3.8 percent, up only minimally from the 3.6 percent vacancy rate reported for spring 2014. Rents rose 4.7 percent over the past six months and are 8.2 percent higher than they were a year ago.

On the surface, these figures from the Apartment Vacancy Report appear to paint a rosy picture for the industry. But these rent averages are likely to be skewed. Online real estate database Zil-low pointed out in a recent article that the increase in new construction has resulted in premium units that can be rented for a higher price.

Patty Dupre, a principal with Dupre + Scott, noted the same in a recent press release, referring to it as “the skew of the new.” New units simply rent for more money and this distorts overall rent

trends.To better understand the apartment

market, it has to be examined in depth. Matthew Gardner, an economist and principal at Gardner Economics in Seat-tle, has been analyzing the actual stability of the market.

Apartments have been strong, he explained, because when the post-reces-sion credit market began to thaw, the only asset class that banks would touch were apartments. This spurred on developers, especially in the urban areas that had a high demand for residential rental units.

“I think in general we are going to see some stress occurring in the greater Seattle market in the next couple of years purely because we are bringing on a lot of new product,” Gardner said.

He believes Snohomish County should not be significantly touched by such stress because it has a lower development rate. About 1,300 new units are scheduled to come online for Snohomish County in 2015. King County, by contrast, is seeing a projected number of more than 10,000 new units to open next year.

In all, Gardner thinks the apartment market is very buoyant. There are a lot of companies out there looking to develop

and a lot of companies looking to acquire those apartment developments. He believes next year is going to be the same but with a tapering of the rapid growth in rents that has been seen over the last few years.

There is one segment of the residen-tial rental market that is not tracked by any agency. For that reason, any facts or figures on the health of the single fam-ily residential rental market have to be anecdotal.

The sales inventory for single-family homes is still low, which could indicate that fewer people are able to buy homes to convert into residential rental proper-ties. In fact, there may be a trend in the opposite direction.

“It’s an interesting dynamic right now,” said Everett attorney Rob Trickler, presi-dent of the Washington Rental Owners Association, All County Evictions and the Landlord Law Group.

He has seen a number of landlords sell their residential rental properties in response to the demand for single-family homes. Many were reluctant landlords to begin with, only renting the properties in order to hang on to them until they had recouped some of their pre-recession

value.These homes are likely to be converted

back into primary residences rather than remain in the rental market. That is not to say that there are not buyers out there looking for an investment property.

“Folks who are buying up rentals are typically well-suited landlords that are now taking advantage of the market turn-ing around to the point where they can get financing and they’re buying stuff that is relatively cheap or foreclosures,” Trick-ler said.

Nevertheless, Trickler is not seeing the kind of rental action he would expect in the county. It’s still financially challenging for many local landlords and some seem reluctant to pull the trigger on difficult tenants even with a low vacancy rate as a safety net.

He also is seeing a reaction in the underside of this market – a room rental trend. This can be people renting a single room in their homes to try and help with the bills, taking in a roommate or some-thing even more complex.

“A lot of people are setting up rooming houses,” Trickler said. “Some legal, some not.”

As for the immediate future of the sin-gle-family home rental market, Trickler suggests keeping an eye on the coming legislative session where rent control is going to be a topic. He believes that if the proposal to take the state prohibition for rent control off the books is successful, it may impact the market negatively.

But short of a crystal ball, Snohomish County will have to wait and see what 2015 brings.

“What we are seeing, going into 2015, is that people who want to lease space in that market are going to have a challenge in finding good quality, modern, reasonably priced space.”

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The economy improved, the unem-ployment rate fell and housing prices started trending up.

The biggest business news in Snohom-ish County in 2014 — as it almost always is — revolved around Boeing.

The year started off with a bang when the Boeing machinists narrowly approved a new contract with the company that cuts benefits but ensured the 777X, and its innovative carbon-fiber wing, would be assembled in the Puget Sound region.

Boeing again captured headlines in February when it announced those wings would be built in Everett.

It wasn’t all rosy for the county: Plans for a Seattle-based shipbuilder to move to the Everett waterfront fell by the wayside.

Add in Washington’s venture into allowing the sale of recreational mari-juana and the impact of Oso in the com-munity and it’s been a busy year.

Here’s a look back the biggest business news for the county last year:

1. Machinists agree to conces-sions to keep 777X assembly in Puget Sound region

The biggest business news happened three days into the new year: Machinists with a 51 percent vote agreed to contract concessions to keep the assembly of the 777X in the Puget Sound region.

Union leadership urged members of

District 751 of the International Asso-ciation of Machinists and Aerospace Workers to vote against the concessions. The leadership said the loss of pensions and higher health care costs was just too much to give to a company making

record profits.The deal secured the future of Boeing

in the birthplace of Boeing for decades to come, said Commercial Airplanes Presi-dent and CEO Ray Conner.

“The future of Boeing in the Puget Sound region has never looked brighter,” Conner said on Jan. 3. “We’re proud to say that together, we’ll build the world’s next great airplane — the 777X and its new wing — right here. This will put our workforce on the cutting edge of com-posite technology, while sustaining thou-sands of local jobs for years to come.”

If the vote had gone the other way, it would have created an uncertainty for the Puget Sound region and the state. Later in the year, Mountain Pacific Bank CEO Mark Duffy said the outlook for the region totally changed with that vote.

“If that vote went the other way, I would have had discussions with the board to position ourselves to sell in the future,” Duffy said.

2. Boeing picks Everett for 777X plant

Everett always was favored to get the factory to build carbon-fiber-composite wings for the new 777X at Paine Field.

Until it was a done deal, it wasn’t a done deal.


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Welding student Margaret Montagne uses a CNC plasma table at Everett Community College’s Advanced Manufacturing Training & Education Center, which opened in 2014.

With the Machinists vote, Boeing committed to assembling the 777X in Everett, but the company considered its options for building its wing fabrication plant including looking at Frederickson in Pierce County. That’s where Boeing has a plant that does composite work for the existing 777 and the 787. Transport-ing the wings from Pierce County to Snohomish County would have been a challenge.

Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson said at his state of the city speech in January 2014 that it was vital to get the work in Everett, because the innovative wings could be used on future versions of Boe-ing’s planes.

In the end, the company chose to keep the wing factory close to final assembly. In October, Boeing broke ground on the $1 billion, 1.3-million-square-foot build-ing, just north of the present factory at Paine Field. The building will be as big as 25 football fields and will include three of the world’s largest autoclaves.

4. Kimberly-Clark property deal goes south

It looked like Everett had an answer for the departure of the Kimberly-Clark mill on its waterfront.

Kimberly-Clark closed its mill in 2012, laying off 700 people. It was the last smokestack for a town nicknamed the City of Smokestacks.

The city wanted to attract an indus-trial use for the waterfront and had inter-est from Foss Maritime, a subsidiary of Saltchuk. The company has a shipyard in Seattle where it maintains a fleet of tugs, barges and other specialty vessels. The 66-acre Kimberly-Clark property with its deep water access seemed like a place for Foss Maritime to move and grow.

Kimberly-Clark and Saltchuk agreed to

a deal in October 2013.From the beginning, Saltchuk cau-

tioned that it needed to do due diligence before purchasing the land. In April, Saltchuk announced that contaminated and unstable soil on the site was too risky for it to go forward.

Kimberly-Clark said that it had interest in the site before Saltchuk and expected more interest. Mayor Stephanson said at the time he was hopeful that the compa-nies could resume discussions.

4. Legal pot businesses open across the county

The line started at 7 a.m. at Cascade Kropz in Arlington, the first legal recre-ational marijuana retailer in Snohom-ish County. The mother and son who own the business, Lisa and Brad Kihm, pumped up music and handed out water to the dozens who showed up on July 13. They had 4 1/2 pounds of marijuana and an ample number of customers on that day as they became one of the first 25 legal pot stores in the state to open.

Growers and producers had been working on the marijuana crop for months after voters approved Initia-tive 502 in November 2012. That work was being done behind scenes. Once the stores opened, the cameras came and Washington’s experiment into legal weed became headline news. Since then, doz-ens of other stores have opened across the county and the state although some com-munities have banned the businesses.

By September, High Times — the venerable magazine on all things pot — hosted a trade show at the former Com-cast Arena in Everett complete with a logo of George Washington smoking a joint.

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5. Higher education options grow for Everett, Snohomish County

Washington State University made a huge commitment to the North Puget Sound region. Everett Community Col-lege opened a state-of-the-art center focused on advanced manufacturing.

And the University of Washington Bothell continues to mature with one of the fastest growing campuses in the country.

Several pushes are being made to expand access to higher education for the region. WSU took over on July 1 admin-istration of the University Center, a con-sortium of colleges that offer bachelor level degrees at the EvCC campus.

WSU brings prestige and clout. The university is seeking $61.1 million from the state to build a new 95,000-square-foot building in north Everett.

EvCC opened in late September its Advanced Manufacturing Training & Education Center, a $3.75 million build-ing to instruct a new generation of work-ers in all areas of manufacturing. The 37,000-square-foot center along North Broadway in Everett will help students learn a range of skills from welding and fabrication to engineering to precision machining.

The UW Bothell welcomed its larg-est class of students ever this fall, 4,588 full-time equivalent students. The cam-pus is the fourth fastest growing campus in the nation, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Of those

students, 35 percent are from Snohom-ish County and 50 percent are from King County.

It’s an achievement for a branch cam-pus that received its charter just 25 years ago.

6. New leadership at Port of Everett, Paine Field

New faces will lead several institutions in the community.

Les Reardanz takes over manage-ment of the Port of Everett succeeding

longtime Port Director John Mohr, who retired. Reardanz had been deputy direc-tor for the port for four years and had played a major role in everything from drafting new policies to looking after environmental clean-up projects to nego-tiating the transfer of the Mukilteo Tank Farm from the U.S. Air Force to the port.

Arif Ghouse took over in October as director of the county-owned Paine Field, replacing Dave Waggoner, who retired after 22 years. Ghouse had been duty manager at Seattle-Tacoma International

Airport, where he had been in charge of operations on the airfield and in the terminal.

Erin Monroe took charge of Work-force Snohomish in September, the orga-nization in charge of preparing and sup-porting the current and future workforce within Snohomish County. She replaced Sue Ambler, who also retired after being in the post for eight years. Like Reardanz, Monroe came up within the organization and serving last as the finance director.

Longtime Community Transit CEO Joyce Eleanor retired in August after 20 years with the transit agency. A search was underway for her replacement.

7. Oso tragedy puts landslide insur-ance in the spotlight

The Oso landslide on March 22 killed 43 people and destroyed more than 40 homes. People who own property in the landslide area near Oso learned that they probably didn’t have insurance that pro-tects against such a disaster — and they were still on the hook for their mort-gages. Standard homeowner and busi-ness policies specifically exclude damage caused by earth movement such as a land-slide. A property owner would need to buy a special policy just to protect against landslides.

The county is exploring the idea of buying the property from landowners. Coastal Community Bank has been work-ing with banks to forgive home, business or auto loans. But a forgiven loan might cause problems: The federal government considers forgiven loans as income and taxes it as such.


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Single-family homes, 2014*

Average sales prices

MLS Area Sales 2013 Sales 2014 YTD 2013 YTD 2014 Year-end median

610 1,606 1,301 $404,382 $459,761 $450,000

730 1,846 1,525 $367,627 $404,261 $363,000

740 2,438 1,956 $327,817 $347,937 $330,000

750 910 834 $281,206 $310,144 $285,450

760 1,193 1,029 $262,511 $287,946 $275,000

770 1,806 1,534 $250,217 $274,850 $257,763

total 9,799 8,179 $321,284 $351,117 $325,000

Condominiums, 2014*



610 218 261 $187,663 $271,588 $267,500

730 728 578 $220,162 $228,860 $213,500

740 703 706 $179,246 $212,278 $203,750

750 54 73 $137,677 $174,298 $175,000

760 73 79 $192,302 $214,358 $249,900

770 114 98 $163,734 $189,883 $186,000

total 1,890 1,795 $192,898 $223,566 $208,000

Combined single-family homes, condos 2014*



610 1,824 1,562 $378,479 $428,319 $424,975

730 2,574 2,103 $325,920 $356,054 $329,960

740 3,141 2,662 $294,565 $311,958 $300,000

750 964 907 $273,166 $299,210 $272,900

760 1,266 1,108 $258,463 $282,699 $269,950

770 1,920 1,632 $245,082 $269,748 $253,600

total 11,689 9,974 $299,126 $328,162 $305,000

*sales and sales prices for 2014 are based on figures available through oct. 31, 2014

Single-family homes, 2013



610 1,421 1,606 $364,273 $404,382 $400,000

730 1,722 1,846 $320,951 $367,627 $330,009

740 2,310 2,438 $287,178 $327,817 $300,000

750 762 910 $249,996 $281,206 $256,075

760 1,067 1,193 $237,241 $262,511 $249,950

770 1,679 1,806 $220,156 $250,217 $236,637

total 8,961 9,799 $284,228 $321,284 $299,735

Condominiums, 2013



610 219 218 $151,563 $187,663 $149,950

730 586 728 $193,554 $220,162 $200,000

740 624 703 $155,070 $179,246 $150,200

750 53 54 $130,105 $137,677 $122,425

760 66 73 $160,924 $192,302 $195,000

770 122 114 $156,795 $163,734 $158,500

total 1,670 1,603 $167,679 $192,898 $170,000

Combined single-family homes, condos 2013



610 1,640 1,824 $335,868 $378,479 $381,250

730 2,308 2,574 $288,606 $325,920 $302,000

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Snohomish County home sales and prices, 2011-2014


Single-family homes, 2014*



610 1,606 1,301 $404,382 $459,761 $450,000

730 1,846 1,525 $367,627 $404,261 $363,000

740 2,438 1,956 $327,817 $347,937 $330,000

750 910 834 $281,206 $310,144 $285,450

760 1,193 1,029 $262,511 $287,946 $275,000

770 1,806 1,534 $250,217 $274,850 $257,763

total 9,799 8,179 $321,284 $351,117 $325,000

Condominiums, 2014*



610 218 261 $187,663 $271,588 $267,500

730 728 578 $220,162 $228,860 $213,500

740 703 706 $179,246 $212,278 $203,750

750 54 73 $137,677 $174,298 $175,000

760 73 79 $192,302 $214,358 $249,900

770 114 98 $163,734 $189,883 $186,000

total 1,890 1,795 $192,898 $223,566 $208,000

Combined single-family homes, condos 2014*



610 1,824 1,562 $378,479 $428,319 $424,975

730 2,574 2,103 $325,920 $356,054 $329,960

740 3,141 2,662 $294,565 $311,958 $300,000

750 964 907 $273,166 $299,210 $272,900

760 1,266 1,108 $258,463 $282,699 $269,950

770 1,920 1,632 $245,082 $269,748 $253,600

total 11,689 9,974 $299,126 $328,162 $305,000

*sales and sales prices for 2014 are based on figures available through oct. 31, 2014




610 1,421 1,606 $364,273 $404,382 $400,000

730 1,722 1,846 $320,951 $367,627 $330,009

740 2,310 2,438 $287,178 $327,817 $300,000

750 762 910 $249,996 $281,206 $256,075

760 1,067 1,193 $237,241 $262,511 $249,950

770 1,679 1,806 $220,156 $250,217 $236,637

total 8,961 9,799 $284,228 $321,284 $299,735

Condominiums, 2013



610 219 218 $151,563 $187,663 $149,950

730 586 728 $193,554 $220,162 $200,000

740 624 703 $155,070 $179,246 $150,200

750 53 54 $130,105 $137,677 $122,425

760 66 73 $160,924 $192,302 $195,000

770 122 114 $156,795 $163,734 $158,500

total 1,670 1,603 $167,679 $192,898 $170,000




610 1,640 1,824 $335,868 $378,479 $381,250

730 2,308 2,574 $288,606 $325,920 $302,000

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Snohomish County home sales and prices, 2011-2014



sTaTisTical snapshoT740 2,934 3,141 $259,083 $294,565 $273,000

750 815 964 $242,201 $273,166 $250,000

760 1,133 1,266 $232,795 $258,463 $245,500

770 1,801 1,920 $215,865 $245,082 $230,000

Total 10,631 11,689 $265,920 $299,126 $279,950




610 1,161 1,421 $356,390 $364,273 $349,990

730 1,519 1,722 $303,954 $320,951 $285,968

740 1,998 2,310 $266,745 $287,178 $265,000

750 696 762 $244,048 $249,996 $225,000

760 900 1,067 $220,544 $237,241 $226,000

770 1,497 1,679 $217,307 $220,156 $202,500

Total 7,771 8,961 $270,504 $284,228 $260,000

Condominiums, 2012



610 188 219 $183,312 $151,563 $122,500

730 556 586 $214,722 $193,554 $161,900

740 540 624 $152,383 $155,070 $130,000

750 45 53 $107,058 $130,105 $130,000

760 53 66 $168,614 $160,924 $158,200

770 163 122 $165,605 $156,795 $172,650

Total 1,545 1,670 $179,212 $167,679 $146,100




610 1,349 1,640 $332,270 $335,868 $329,283

730 2,075 2,308 $280,044 $288,606 $260,000

740 2,538 2,934 $242,413 $259,083 $242,500

750 741 815 $235,728 $242,201 $219,000

760 953 1,133 $217,656 $232,795 $224,000

770 1,660 1,801 $212,229 $215,865 $199,950

Total 9,316 10,631 $255,364 $265,920 $244,900




610 1,077 1,161 $382,427 $356,390 $336,450

730 1,284 1,519 $342,555 $303,954 $265,000

740 1,829 1,998 $309,095 $266,745 $245,000

750 632 696 $271,466 $244,048 $225,000

760 935 900 $259,810 $220,544 $210,000

770 1,335 1,497 $252,541 $217,307 $195,000

Total 7,092 7,771 $305,792 $270,504 $243,000

Condominiums, 2011



610 176 188 $215,115 $183,312 $152,500

730 368 556 $241,045 $214,722 $184,873

740 475 540 $202,933 $152,383 $125,000

750 38 45 $167,555 $107,058 $80,000

760 97 53 $231,912 $168,614 $182,000

770 74 163 $183,293 $165,605 $171,500

Total 1,228 1,545 $216,111 $179,212 $162,000




610 1,253 1,349 $358,926 $332,270 $320,335

730 1,652 2,075 $319,944 $280,044 $248,000

740 2,304 2,538 $287,207 $242,413 $223,250

750 670 741 $265,573 $235,728 $215,000

760 1,032 953 $257,188 $217,656 $209,900

770 1,409 1,660 $248,906 $212,229 $189,900

Total 8,320 9,316 $292,556 $255,364 $230,000

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Selected occupational wages in Seattle-Bellevue-Everettstatistical snapshot

Emp.Hourly Mean

Annual Mean

All Occupations 1,449,770 $28.36 $58,990

Management 78,480 $59.30 $123,340

administrative services mgrs 2,840 $47.85 $99,520

architectural and engineering mgrs 3,680 $66.53 $138,390

computer and information systems mgrs 7,160 $72.29 $150,360

construction mgrs 2,560 $51.12 $106,330

education admins, elementary, secondary 1,420 * $106,830

education admins, postsecondary 1,100 $50.17 $104,350

financial mgrs 6,510 $60.02 $124,840

General and operations mgrs 16,900 $63.97 $133,060

property, real estate, and community association mgrs

2,290 $35.45 $73,750

sales mgrs 5,850 $61.80 $128,550

transportation, storage, distribution mgrs 1,840 $50.52 $105,090

Business and Financial Operations 107,980 $38.00 $79,050

accountants, auditors 16,420 $37.17 $77,310

Business operations specs, all other 16,930 $35.69 $74,240

claims adjusters, examiners, investigators 3,800 $32.50 $67,610

financial analysts 2,170 $40.17 $83,560

human resources specs 6,810 $35.73 $74,320

loan officers 3,350 $41.26 $85,820

logisticians 5,130 $38.31 $79,690

management analysts 10,520 $48.49 $100,860

market research analysts, marketing specs 10,910 $40.35 $83,920

personal financial advisors 2,820 $55.49 $115,420

purchasing agents, except Wholesale, retail, farm products

6,460 $36.18 $75,260

training, development specs 2,420 $37.40 $77,800

Wholesale, retail Buyers, except farm products

2,960 $29.04 $60,400

Computer and Mathematical 115,870 $49.35 $102,640

computer network architects 3,270 $52.63 $109,460

computer network support specs 2,670 $34.00 $70,720

computer occupations, all other 3,000 $34.24 $71,220

computer programmers 14,050 $55.54 $115,530

computer systems analysts 11,400 $48.03 $99,910

computer user support specs 8,420 $29.07 $60,470

network, computer systems admins 5,210 $40.53 $84,300

software developers, applications 48,440 $54.32 $112,990

software developers, systems 7,560 $53.44 $111,160

Web developers 4,230 $41.97 $87,290

Architecture and Engineering 50,710 $42.51 $88,420

aerospace engineers 8,010 $50.71 $105,480

architects, except landscape, naval 2,210 $36.13 $75,150

civil engineers 6,150 $41.46 $86,250

electrical engineers 4,110 $48.66 $101,210

electronics engineers, except computer 2,320 $49.83 $103,640

engineers, all other 2,380 $44.37 $92,290

industrial engineering techs 2,510 * *

industrial engineers 4,920 $43.92 $91,350

mechanical drafters 2,340 $36.27 $75,430

mechanical engineers 3,700 $45.25 $94,120

Life, Physical, and Social Science 17,990 $34.54 $71,840

Biological techs 2,070 $21.56 $44,850

chemists 770 $32.80 $68,230

clinical, counseling, school psychologists 570 $32.90 $68,440

environmental scientists, specs, incl health 2,130 $37.36 $77,710

epidemiologists 260 $42.60 $88,600

Geoscientists 800 $40.17 $83,560

medical scientists, except epidemiologists 3,660 $37.71 $78,450

microbiologists 390 $33.35 $69,360

physicists 310 $62.63 $130,280

urban, regional planners 1,290 $37.29 $77,560

Zoologists, Wildlife Biologists 750 $38.59 $80,260

Community and Social Service 19,460 $21.56 $44,840

child, family, school social Wkrs 2,150 $22.40 $46,580

community, social service specs, all other 650 $20.57 $42,790

educational, Guidance, school, Vocational counselors

1,780 $27.94 $58,110

health educators 920 $25.57 $53,180

healthcare social Wkrs 1,630 $26.78 $55,710

mental health counselors 1,240 $21.32 $44,340

mental health, substance abuse social Wkrs 940 $22.51 $46,820

rehabilitation counselors 2,620 $22.15 $46,070

social, human service assts 4,630 $14.54 $30,230

substance abuse, Behavioral disorder counselors

1,010 $21.05 $43,790

Legal 12,690 $49.49 $102,950

administrative law Judges, adjudicators, hearing officers

140 $46.61 $96,950

arbitrators, mediators, conciliators 70 $36.44 $75,790

court reporters 180 $21.16 $44,010

Judges, magistrate Judges, magistrates 320 $37.64 $78,290

Judicial law clerks 90 $27.65 $57,520

lawyers 7,800 $62.33 $129,650

legal support Wkrs, all other 460 $29.80 $61,990

paralegals, legal assts 3,060 $28.65 $59,590

title examiners, abstractors, searchers 570 $22.58 $46,960

Education, Training, and Library 73,840 $26.67 $55,470

adult Basic, secondary ed, literacy teachers, instructors

3,180 $26.55 $55,210

elem school teachers, except special ed 9,740 * $60,480

health specialties teachers, postsecondary 3,100 * $133,950

kindergarten teachers, except special ed 1,340 * $54,830

librarians 1,460 $33.02 $68,680

middle school teachers, except special and career/technical ed

3,540 * $61,630

preschool teachers, except special ed 3,980 $13.60 $28,280

secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical ed

4,500 * $63,030

special ed teachers, kindergarten and elem school

1,080 * $59,450

special ed teachers, secondary school 640 * $61,750

substitute teachers 6,520 $19.23 $40,000

teacher assistants 11,910 * $32,910

Vocational ed teachers, postsecondary 2,300 $29.87 $62,130

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, Media 27,790 $27.87 $57,970

athletes, sports competitors 290 * $111,080

coaches, scouts 3,310 * $43,140

fine artists 530 $35.33 $73,480


Selected occupational wages in Seattle-Bellevue-EverettsTaTisTical snapshoT

Graphic designers 3,200 $28.36 $59,000

interior designers 1,030 $25.39 $52,810

multimedia artists, animators 1,910 $37.12 $77,210

musicians, singers 620 $30.22 *

photographers 960 $14.08 $29,280

public relations specs 2,800 $30.58 $63,620

reporters, correspondents 440 $23.41 $48,700

Technical Writers 860 $37.18 $77,330

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical 68,090 $40.93 $85,130

dental hygienists 2,570 $46.48 $96,690

dentists, General 1,060 $94.76 $197,100

emergency medical Techs, paramedics 1,390 $29.63 $61,630

pharmacists 2,640 $56.85 $118,240

pharmacy Techs 3,420 $20.08 $41,770

physical Therapists 2,320 $40.75 $84,760

physicians and surgeons, all other 2,110 $96.98 $201,710

registered nurses 22,810 $39.68 $82,520

speech-language pathologists 1,260 $34.99 $72,770

surgeons 300 $115.08 $239,360

Veterinarians 630 $41.50 $86,310

Healthcare Support 31,940 $17.43 $36,260

dental assts 4,070 $20.38 $42,380

healthcare support Wkrs, all other 1,520 $17.60 $36,610

home health aides 3,600 $13.23 $27,520

massage Therapists 2,190 $24.90 $51,790

medical assts 6,320 $18.53 $38,540

medical Transcriptionists 660 $17.87 $37,170

nursing assts 9,570 $14.93 $31,060

pharmacy aides 440 $14.45 $30,050

phlebotomists 730 $17.12 $35,610

Veterinary assts, lab animal caretakers 770 $13.19 $27,430

Protective Service 25,600 $25.27 $52,550

correctional officers, Jailers 1,990 $25.95 $53,970

detectives, criminal investigators 750 $42.18 $87,720

firefighters 3,020 $34.85 $72,490

lifeguards, ski patrol, other rec protective service Wkrs

1,470 $11.34 $23,590

police, sheriff’s patrol officers 3,290 $37.81 $78,640

security Guards 9,280 $15.73 $32,730

Food Preparation and Serving Related 114,810 $12.74 $26,500

Bartenders 7,180 $13.87 $28,850

chefs, head cooks 1,440 $23.94 $49,800

combined food prep, serving Wkrs 23,570 $10.83 $22,520

cooks, fast food 2,890 $10.62 $22,100

cooks, institution, cafeteria 4,160 $14.74 $30,660

cooks, restaurant 12,070 $12.88 $26,790

cooks, short order 1,210 $12.01 $24,980

counter attendants, cafeteria, food conces-sion, coffee shop

8,330 $11.21 $23,320

dishwashers 4,750 $10.66 $22,160

food prep Wkrs 8,650 $12.05 $25,060

food servers, nonrestaurant 2,910 $11.86 $24,670

Waiters, Waitresses 21,750 $14.14 $29,410

Building and Grounds Cleaning, Maintenance 34,380 $14.84 $30,870

Janitors, cleaners, except maids, house-keeping cleaners

15,270 $14.60 $30,370

landscaping, Groundskeeping Wkrs 8,910 $15.57 $32,390

maids, housekeeping cleaners 7,470 $12.07 $25,100

Personal Care and Service 43,790 $14.53 $30,210

amusement, rec attendants 1,970 $12.33 $25,640

childcare Wkrs 3,840 $11.99 $24,950

fitness Trainers, aerobics instructors 4,190 $19.94 $41,470

Gaming dealers 3,000 $13.54 $28,170

hairdressers, hairstylists, cosmetologists 4,820 $18.84 $39,180

manicurists, pedicurists 1,780 $11.73 $24,390

personal care aides 10,330 $11.55 $24,030

rec Wkrs 2,780 $14.54 $30,240

ushers, lobby attendants, Ticket Takers 2,180 $12.01 $24,990

Sales and Related 148,800 $22.15 $46,080

cashiers 25,740 $13.50 $28,070

counter, rental clerks 7,510 $14.62 $30,410

insurance sales agents 3,200 $29.74 $61,860

real estate sales agents 2,400 $22.10 $45,960

retail salespersons 47,100 $14.69 $30,560

sales reps, services, all other 9,620 $32.03 $66,620

sales reps, Wholesale, mfg, except Techni-cal, scientific prods

21,570 $35.29 $73,410

sales reps, Wholesale, mfg, Technical, scientific prods

4,370 $45.11 $93,840

securities, commodities, financial services sales agents

3,380 $42.68 $88,770

Office and Administrative Support 196,340 $19.38 $40,320

Billing, posting clerks 5,760 $19.92 $41,420

Bookkeeping, accounting, auditing clerks 17,610 $20.39 $42,410

customer service reps 23,710 $18.41 $38,300

exec secretaries, exec admin assts 7,230 $27.35 $56,890

insurance claims, policy processing clerks 3,590 $19.22 $39,980

office clerks, General 19,390 $15.80 $32,870

postal service mail carriers 2,650 $25.22 $52,450

production, planning, expediting clerks 3,390 $23.54 $48,970

receptionists, info clerks 9,030 $15.53 $32,310

secretaries, admin assts, except legal, medical, executive

16,320 $19.62 $40,800

shipping, receiving, Traffic clerks 7,760 $17.86 $37,140

stock clerks, order fillers 16,410 $15.33 $31,890

Tellers 3,910 $14.23 $29,590

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry 1,360 $16.12 $33,530

agricultural inspectors 50 $29.00 $60,330

farmWkrs, laborers, crop, nursery, Greenhouse

460 $10.97 $22,810

farmWkrs, farm, ranch, aquacultural animals

150 $16.94 $35,230

forest, conservation Wkrs 90 $10.80 $22,470

Graders, sorters, agricultural prods 310 $12.92 $26,870

logging equip operators 90 $23.60 $49,100

Construction and Extraction 53,680 $27.38 $56,960

carpenters 9,480 $25.57 $53,180

construction, Building inspectors 1,030 $33.90 $70,520

construction laborers 6,580 $20.98 $43,640

Emp.Hourly Mean

Annual Mean


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drywall, ceiling tile installers 1,230 $22.48 $46,750

electricians 5,630 $33.06 $68,770

first-line sprvsrs, construction trades, extraction Wkrs

5,310 $37.84 $78,710

operating engineers, other construction equip operators

2,630 $29.16 $60,660

painters, construction, maintenance 3,800 $19.95 $41,500

plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters 3,590 $32.93 $68,500

roofers 1,300 $22.00 $45,750

sheet metal Wkrs 1,460 $28.66 $59,610

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair 47,390 $25.58 $53,210

aircraft mechanics and service techs 2,250 $33.22 $69,100

automotive service techs, mechanics 4,630 $22.23 $46,230

Bus, truck mechanics, diesel engine specs 2,210 $27.80 $57,830

computer, atm, office machine repairers 1,370 $20.47 $42,580

industrial machinery mechanics 2,320 $29.49 $61,340

maintenance, repair Wkrs, General 12,490 $20.33 $42,290

mobile heavy equip mechanics, except engines

1,010 $27.44 $57,080

telecommunications equip installers, repair-ers, except line installers

2,080 $30.23 $62,870

tire repairers, changers 1,070 $15.92 $33,110

Production 88,040 $21.04 $43,770

aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, systems assemblers

13,820 $25.56 $53,160

Bakers 2,790 $13.11 $27,280

Butchers, meat cutters 1,120 $17.24 $35,860

electrical, electronic equip assemblers 3,540 $16.47 $34,270

inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, Weighers

6,990 $27.14 $56,460

machinists 3,710 $24.81 $51,610

meat, poultry, fish cutters, trimmers 2,160 $12.03 $25,020

printing press operators 1,320 $19.91 $41,410

production Wkrs, all other 2,440 $16.80 $34,950

team assemblers 4,000 $15.87 $33,020

tool, die makers 1,330 $31.07 $64,620

Welders, cutters, solderers, Brazers 2,250 $23.02 $47,880

Transportation and Material Moving 90,730 $19.92 $41,430

airline pilots, copilots, flight engineers 2,040 * $108,090

Bus drivers, school, special client 3,020 $18.04 $37,510

Bus drivers, transit, intercity 3,500 $22.93 $47,700

captains, mates, pilots of Water Vessels 1,110 $35.56 $73,960

flight attendants 2,140 * $43,180

heavy, tractor-trailer truck drivers 10,410 $21.75 $45,250

industrial truck, tractor operators 4,660 $20.37 $42,360

laborers, freight, stock, material movers, hand

21,210 $16.07 $33,420

light truck, delivery services drivers 8,680 $17.79 $36,990

packers, packagers, hand 6,340 $13.41 $27,900

sailors, marine oilers 1,830 $22.70 $47,210

taxi drivers, chauffeurs 2,570 $14.45 $30,050

Emp.Hourly Mean

Annual Mean

Listing of Snohomish County aerospace companiesSource: united states department of labor, Bureau of labor statistics

A & B Quality Finishers manufacturing-finishing 5712 207th ave. se, snohomish 425-742-7665

A.E. Petsche Wiring-supplies 2525 W. casino road, everett425-227-6047www.aepetsche.com

Aaron Electronics (formerly Bilocon)

engineering-manufacturing 3101 111th st. sW , everett 425-353-2276www.aaronelectronics.com

Absolute Manufacturing Machining 6914 204th st. ne, arlington360-435-1116www.absolutemfg.com

Accra Manufacturing Machining17703 15th ave. se, Bothell425-424-1000www.accramfg.com

Accurate Machining Machining12128 cyrus Way, mukilteo 425-745-0227

ACRO Machining Machining3817 168th st. ne, arlington360-653-1492www.acromachining.com

Action Grinding and Machiningmachining 17611 ok mill road, snohomish 425-742-3917www.agmco.net

Advanced Designs (B&C Manufacturing)

machining 2919 pine st., everett 425-787-9968

Advanced Prototype Technologiesprototyping

4208 russell road, mukilteo425-315-8605

Aero Macmachining4602 chennault Beach road, no.

1, mukilteo425-348-4140www.aeromacinc.com

AeroAcousticsconsulting-design 9802 29th ave. W, everett 425-438-0215 www.aeroacoustics.com

Aeroform Companysheet metal-welding15008 smokey point Blvd.,

marysville360-659-4044www.aeroforminc.com

AeroMechrsVm certification1616 hewitt ave., everett425-252-3236www.aeromechinc.com

Aeronautical Testing Serviceaircraft design, certification and

testing18820 59th drive ne, arlington360-435-8859www.aerotestsvc.com

Aerospace Consultingconsulting-design8928 Vernon road, everett 425-377-9525

Aerospace Machining Specialists (division of ASKO)

aircraft component repair20325 71st ave. ne, arlington360-474-0175www.aerospacemachine.net

Aircraft Maintenance and Support (division of LRT)

maintenance 15712 mill creek Blvd., mill creek

425-742-0333www.lrt-inc.com

Aircraft on Ground3100 112th st. sW, everettwww.aoginc.com

AIT Design consulting-design 22745 29th drive se, Bothell425-398-7329www.aint.com

Apache Aerospacemanufacturing-tooling9700 harbour place, mukilteo425-349-5800www.apacheaerospace.com

Applied Aerosystemssurface treatment-paint10727 47th place W, mukilteo425-876-7615

Applied Finishing finishing4216 russell road, mukilteo425-513-2505

ASCO Design Center USAhigh lift devices13024 Beverly park road,

mukilteo206-407-9805www.asco.be

Aviation (Cunningham) Coversaircraft covers19018 59th drive ne, arlington360-435-0342www.aviationcovers.com

Aviation Instrument Service International

avionics repair-installation8223 44th ave. W, mukilteo425-347-7677www.aviationinstrument.com

Aviation Technical Services (ATS)maintenance-fixed wing3100 112th st. sW, everett425-423-3016www.atsmro.aero

Aviation Technologies (AvTech) instrumentation3500 188th st. sW, lynnwood425-248-2188www.avtcorp.com

Avtech/Tyeesheet metal-welding6500 merrill creek parkway,

everett425-622-8664www.tyeeaircraft.com

B/E Aerospace/Flight Structures (FSI)

manufacturing-systems, compo-nents, ancillary equipment

6330 31st ave. ne, marysville 360-657-5197www.beaerospace.com

Ballard Technology (division of Astronics)

designs-manufacture11400 airport road, everett425-339-0281www.ballardtech.com

Barton Machine Machining11400 airport road, everett425-438-1161www.bartonmachine.com

Blue Streak Finishersmanufacturing-finishing 1520 80th st. sW, everett425-347-1944www.bluestreak-finishers.com

BMG Industries Machining19111 61st ave. ne, arlington360-435-3928

Boeing Commercial Airplanesmanufacturing-structures3003 W casino road, everettwww.boeing.com

Boundary Layer Researchmanufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment9730 29th ave. W, everett425-353-6591www.blrvgs.com

Bridgeways contract manufacturing1220 75th st. sW, everett425-513-8213www.bridgeways.org

Bucher Aerospace Corp.manufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment11400 airport road, everett425-355-2202www.bucher-group.com

C&D Zodiacmaterials-composites12810 state ave., marysville360-653-2211www.cdzodiac.com

Can Am Aerospaceavionics repair-installation3101 111th st. sW, everett877-523-2945www.canamaero.com

Cannon Aircraft Interiors interiors, completion10108 32nd ave. W, everett425-348-6924www.cannonaircraftinteriors.com

Cascade Aviation Servicesinteriors, completion9800 harbor place, mukilteo425-493-1708www.cascade-aviation.com

Cascade Precision

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StatiStical SnapShot

Listing of Snohomish County aerospace companiesmachine shop10809 47th ave. W, mukilteo425-742-0888www.caspre.com

Castle and Cook Aviationfixed base operator9724 32nd Place W, everett425-355-6600www.castlecookeaviation.com

Cayley Aerospaceengineering-technical services18830 38th ave, lynnwood425-710-9701www.cayleyaerospace.com

CNA Manufacturing Systemsmanufacturing-tooling15000 Woodinville-redmond

road ne, Woodinville425-482-7977www.cnaflextool.com

Coastal Manufacturingsheet metal fabricated compo-

nents, assemblies6700 hardeson road, everett425-407-0624www.coastal-mfg.com

Cobalt Enterprisesmachining10917 mountain loop highway,

Granite falls360-691-2298www.cobaltent.com

Coleman Machine Machining 12426 mukilteo speedway,

mukilteo425-743-4910

Color-Tech (division of ASKO)finishing6304 215th st sW, mountlake

Terrace206-634-2089www.askogroup.com/companies/

colortechCommet Precision Products

machine shop 15328 highway 530 ne, arlington360-403-7800

Component Products Corporationmachining 11623 cyrus Way, mukilteo425-355-6800www.cpc-web.com

Composites Onematerials-composites19105 63rd ave. ne, arlington800-283-0809www.compositesone.com

Covelet Machine and Designmachine shop13115 41st ave. ne, marysville360-658-1977

Craig Craft Powder Coatingfinishing11324 mukilteo speedway,

mukilteo425-743-4393

Crane Aerospace-Eldec Corp.manufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment16700 13th ave. W, lynnwood425-743-8291www.craneaerospace.com

Crown AviationGeneral aviation10300 28th ave. W, everett425-355-4088www.crownaviation.com

Curtiss-Wright Flight Systemsmanufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment10108 32nd ave. W, everett425-355-4422

D3 Technologiesconsulting, design

8223 44th ave. W, mukilteo425-355-4903www.d3tech.com

Damar Machine Machining14767 172nd drive se, monroe360-794-4448www.damaraerosystems.com

Diehl Aerospaceaircraft interior lighting11002 29th ave. W, everett 425-353-8080www.diehlaerospace.com/dai

Diversified Industrial Servicessheltered workshops13008 Beverly Park road,

mukilteo425-355-1253www.godiversified.com

DTL Canyon Park Testing2200 222nd st. se, Bothell425-964-2715www.dtl-inc.com

Eaton Aerospacesemiconductors, related devices6500 harbour heights Parkway,

mukilteo 425-349-5281www.eaton.com

EDJ Precision Machine Machining13317 ash Way, everett425-745-3937www.edjprecision.com

Electroimpactmanufacturing-tooling4604 107th st. sW, mukilteo425-348-8090www.electroimpact.com

Ericson Internationalconsulting, designedmonds425-775-2100

Esterline Control Systemselectronics11910 Beverly Park road, everett425-297-9700www.esterline.com

Excell Aerofab Machining19222 62nd ave. ne, arlington360-403-8994

Exotic Tool Welding sheet metal, welding2909 seaway Blvd., everett425-353-3040www.exotictoolwelding.com

Fokker Aerostructures12121 harbour reach drive,

mukilteo206-384-5644www.fokkeraerostructures.com

G&M Manufacturing Machining 19009 61st ave. ne, arlington360-435-5966

GE Aviation Systems manufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment6500 harbour Pointe heights,

mukilteo509-248-5000, 425-245-0500www.geaviationsystems.com

Giddens Industries materials-plastics 2600 94th st. sW, everett 425-353-0405www.giddens.com

Glasair Aviationkitplane manufacturers18810 59th ave. ne, arlington360-435-8533www.glasairaviation.com

Global Machine Worksmachining19130 59th drive ne, arlington360-403-8432www.globalmachineworks.com

Gomph Bracketsmaterials-plastics12426 mukilteo speedway,

mukilteo425-348-5002www.gompf.com

Greenpoint Technologiesinterior reconfigurations3101 111th st. sW, everett425-828-2777

www.greenpnt.com H&H Machine Machining

22824 85th Place W, edmonds425-776-1994

HGS Aerospaceassembly systems22121 17th ave. se, Bothell586-293-8660www.hgsaero.com

Honeycutt Machine Machining12402 evergreen drive, mukilteo425-745-1775

Honeywellmanufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment3215 97th Place sW, everett

Horizon Manufacturing Industriesmachining11417 cyrus Way, mukilteo425-493-1220www.horizonman.com

ID Integration consulting, design13024 Beverly Park road,

mukilteo425-438-2533www.id-integration.com

IDL Precision Machiningmachining11600 49th Place W, mukilteo425-315-8080

Infinity Fabrication Machining19225 62nd ave. ne, arlington360-435-7460www.infinityfabrication.com

Innovative Technologiesmaterials-plastics3318 hill ave., everett425-258-4773www.innovativetechnologies.biz

Integrated Technologies (Intec)materials-composites, plant,

equipment1910 merrill creek Parkway,

everett425-293-0304www.in-tec.com

International Gear TechnologiesPrecision gears3101 111th st. sW, everett425-353-4300 www.igtcorporation.com

J.R. Engineering (Quietly Superior)consulting, design1902 120th Place se, everett425-337-9472www.quietlysuperior.com

JL Manufacturing manufacturing-other12310 highway 99 s, everett 425-355-3330www.jlmanufacturing.com

K&T Machine Machining12315 mukiteo Parkway,

lynnwood425-347-2157

Kaas Tailoredinteriors, completion13000 Beverly Park road,

mukilteo425-743-1886www.kaastailored.com

Kaman Engineering Services (Global Aerosystems)

consulting, design10108 32nd ave. W, everett425-367-4477www.globalaerosystems.com

Keltia Design Training, recruiting, design16824 44th ave. W, lynnwood206-734-4658

King Machine Machining11710 cyrus Way, mukilteo425-743-5464

KitPlanes Northwestkit airplane manufacturer, aircraft

service, maintenance17415 51st ave. ne, arlington360-403-0679www.kitplanesnorthwest.com

Koch Machine and Tool Machining19010 66th ave. ne, arlington360-474-8017

Labinal manufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment2300 merrill creek Parkway,

everett425-438-1378 www.labinal.com

LaFarge & Egge sheet metal-welding5820 188th st. sW, lynnwood425-778-4123www.lafargeinc.com

Lamar Technologies Corp.manufacturing-voltage regulators14900 40th ave. ne, marysville360-651-6666www.lamartech.com

Laz Tool & Manufacturingmanufacturing-tooling14816 roosevelt road,

snohomish360-568-5749www.laztool.com

Liebherr-Aerospace SASmanufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment906 se everett mall Way, everett425-348-9070 www.liebherr.com

Lord Corporationmaterials-composites1230 233rd Place sW, Bothell425-488-3292www.lord.com

Lytle Machine Machining 7327 olympic drive, everett425-290-3538

MDI (Manufacturing Design Inc.)machining 4420 russell road, mukilteo 425-356-2648 www.mfgandesign.com

Messier Dowty-BugatiWheels, tires, brakes7501 hardeson road, everett425-438-1378www.messier-bugattiusa.com

Metal Motion Machining19003 59th drive ne, arlington360-403-7330www.metalmotion.com

Metal Tech manufacturing-finishing14792 172nd drive se, monroe360-794-1945

Microjetmaterials-metals16372 177th ave. se, monroe360-805-9400

Miller Screw Productsmachining3400 academy drive se, Bothell253-939-7340

Mobile Tool

manage Tooling11323 commando road W,

everett425-438-8127www.mobiletoolmanagement.com

MOOG Aircraft Groupmanufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment808 134th ave. sW., everett425-787-8673www.moog.com

Morgan AeroProducts maintenance-accesso-

ries, components1450 80th st. sW, everett425-438-9600www.morganaero.com

Morgan Branch CNCmachining19011 62nd ave. ne, arlington360-435-7170

New Breed Logisticslogistics2600 94th st. sW, everett425-249-5000www.newbreed.com

New Tech Industriesconsulting, design7911 44th ave. W, mukilteo425-778-1200www.newtechind.com

Newell Corporationmaintenance-accessories,

components6922 204th st. ne, arlington360-435-8955www.newellcorp.com

Northway Products Machining11027 47th ave. W, mukilteo 425-742-4498www.northwayproducts.com

Northwest Aerospace Technologiesconversion-modification2210 hewitt ave., everett425-257-2044www.natdesign.com

Novatech Engineeringconsulting, design20818 44th ave. W, lynnwood425-245-7000www.ntew.com

Omega Precisionmanufacturing7929 44th ave. W, mukilteo425-356-3124www.ometech.net

Onamac Industriesmachining11504 airport road, everett425-743-6676www.onamac.com/home

Orion Technologiesconsulting, design20230 82nd st. se, snohomish360-668-8355www.oriontechnologies.net

PAC-Aero machining 2720 34th st., everett425-258-2741

Pacifica Engineeringconsulting, design21520 30th drive se, Bothell425-984-2700www.pacifica-engineering.com

Panasonic Avionicsmanufacturing-avionics22333 29th drive se, Bothell425-415-9053www.panasonic.aero

Paragon ManufacturingWire harness2615 W. casino road, everett425-438-0800



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Polaris Machining and Sheet Metalmachining 103 cedar ave., marysville360-653-7676www.polarismachining.com

Precision Airmotivemanufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment14800 40th ave. ne, marysville360-651-8282www.precisionairmotive.com

Precision Circuits manufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment 18025 highway 99, lynnwood 425-778-4980

Precision EnginesGeneral aviation3220 100th st. sW, everett425-347-2800www.precisionengines.com

Precision Fuel Componentsmanufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment3220 100th st. sW, everett 425-513-6789 www.precisionfuel.com

Precision Logistics Supplies1318 Pioneer highway, silvana360-652-3333www.skypac.com

Primus International (University Swaging)

swaging6525 240th st. sW, Woodinville 425-318-4500 www.primusint.com

www.paragonmfgcorp.comPara-Phernalia Supplies

19018 59th drive ne, arlington360-435-7220www.softieparachutes.com

PCSI (Professional CAD Services) consulting, design19119 north creek Parkway,

Bothell425-485-3420www.procadservices.com

Pentar Avionics Systemsmanufacturing-avionics 22125 17th ave. se, Bothell425-424-3370www.pentar.com

Pineda Precisionmachining13127 Beverly Park road, everett425-290-5928

Plexus Manufacturing materials-plastics4416 russell road, mukilteo425-348-7745 www.plexusman.com

Pro Tool Manufacturingmanufacturing-tooling12414 highway 99 s, everett 425-353-0763www.ptmcorp.com

Procam Machine machining 18421 Bothell-everett highway,

mill creek425-485-9889www.procammachine.com

Production PlatingPlating, powder coating services4412 russell road, mukilteo425-347-4635www.productionplating.com

Quality Industrial Servicessheet metal-welding7529 Beverly Blvd., everett425-348-8825

Qualtest Consultants consulting, design10121 evergreen Way, everett425-347-7266www.qtccorp.com

Queen City Platingfinishing11914 cyrus Way, mukilteo425-315-1992

RBM Machiningmachine shop12108 mukilteo speedway,

mukilteo425-743-5373www.rbmachining.com

RG Machinemachine shop2100 196th st. sW., lynnwood425-775-7009www.rgmachine.com

Rockwell Collinsmanufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment3350 monte Villa Parkway, Bothell425-492-1318www.rockwellcollins.com

Rolls Royce North Americaconsulting, design6300 merrill creek Parkway,

everett425-349-4100www.rolls-royce.com

Royell Manufacturing Machining3817 smith ave., everett425-259-9258www.royell.com

Ryerson-Microjet sheet metal-welding3506 124th st. ne, marysville360-657-5700 www.ryerson.com

Scott Aviation

materials-other19807 Yew Way, snohomish360-668-7793

Sealth Aero-Marinematerials-metals16001 mill creek Blvd., mill creek425-481-0727www.sealth.com

Sextant Avioniquematerials-other2615 W. casino road, everett206-355-7112

SKF Aerospacemanufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment14341 fryelands Blvd. se, monroe360-794-9925www.skf.com

Skills Inc.sheet metal, machining20325 71st aVe. ne, arlingtonwww.skillsinc.com

Smiths Aerospace manufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment 6500 harbour heights Parkway,

mukilteo425-245-0500www.smiths-aerospace.com

Soundair Aviation Servicesmaintenance-accessories,

components 1826 Bickford ave., snohomish360-453-2300www.soundair.com

Star Aviation engineering, technical services 728 134th sW, everettwww.staraviation.com

Steel-Fab materials-metals 6525 188th st ne, arlington360-435-5564www.steel-fab.com

Stoddard Internationalmaterials-composites18660 58th ave. ne, arlington360-435-6455www.stoddardintl.com

Structural Integrity Engineeringconsulting, design909 se everett mall Way, everett425-710-7646www.sieinc.com

Systima Technologiesengineering, technologies1832 180th st. se, Bothell425-487-4020 www.systima.com

TNT EnterprisesSheet metal-welding17121 3rd ave. se, mill creek

425-742-8210www.tntsheetmetal.com

Talon Manufacturingmachining17617 49th Place ne, arlington360-403-8910

TCI Scales maintenance-accessories,

components17611 ok mill road, snohomish425-742-3917www.tciscales.com

Technofan other aircraft parts, auxiliary

equipment manufacturing7501 hardeson road, everett425-438-1378 www.technofan.fr

TECT Aerospacemanufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment11002 29th ave. W, everett425-353-8080www.tectcorp.com

Terry’s Machine and Manufacturingmachining12128 cyrus Way, mukilteo425-315-8866www.terrysmachine.com

Triumph Structures (formerly Con-tour Aerospace)

machining1415 75th st. sW, everett425-438-7101www.contouraerospace.comtrW-lucas aerospacemanufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment6700 hardeson road, everett425-407-1191

Turning Point Machiningmachining710 ash ave., marysville425-252-7300

Umbra Cuscinetti Aerospace2916 100th st. sW, everett425-743-2577www.umbrausa.com

Universal Aerospacemanufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment18640 59th drive ne, arlington360-435-9577www.universalaerospace.com

UTC-Aerostructuresengine integration2615 94th st. sW, everett425-923-1848www.goodrich.com

UTC-Interiorsmaintenance-fixed wing6700 hardeson road, lynnwood

425-771-1214www.goodrich.com

UTC-Sensors and Integrated Systems

manufacturing-systems, compo-nents, ancillary equipment

6700 hardeson road, everett425-407-1191 www.goodrich.com

UTC Aerospace Systems-Landing Gear

manufacturing-structures2701 94th st. sW, everett425-261-8700www.goodrich.com

Valberg electronic design, manufacturing,

control panels, harness building14286 169th drive se, monroe360-794-9885www.valberglls.com

Vaupell injection molding10108 32nd ave. W, everettwww.vaupell.com

Vector Industriesmachining 1520 80th st. sW,

everett425-347-6696www.vectorindustries.com

Walter Dorwin Teague (Teague)consulting, design6600 merrill creek Parkway,

everett425-342-2270www.teague.com

Western Fluid Componentsmachinery equipment2303 Pacific ave., everett425-252-0974www.westernfluidcomp.com

Westwood Precision Machining7509 hardeson road, everett425-742-7011www.westwoodprecision.com

Wood Associatesconsulting, design9128 52nd st. se, snohomish425-335-1327

XP Modificationsmanufacturing-systems, compo-

nents, ancillary equipment18306 59th drive ne, arlington800-819-9270www.xpmods.com

Zodiac Aerospacemanufacturing6300 merrill creek Parkway,

everett425-347-4919www.zodiacaerospace.com

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2002 $1.200 $1.168 $1.230 $1.434 $1.460 $1.464 $1.482 $1.488 $1.468 $1.412 $1.410 $1.382

2003 $1.387 $1.642 $1.861 $1.785 $1.625 $1.547 $1.599 $1.762 $1.879 $1.661 $1.594 $1.523

2004 $1.612 $1.672 $1.790 $1.902 $2.196 $2.265 $2.012 $1.932 $1.993 $2.058 $2.055 $1.922

2005 $1.811 $1.923 $2.154 $2.444 $2.427 $2.304 $2.436 $2.602 $2.876 $2.798 $2.497 $2.234

2006 $2.235 $2.288 $2.400 $2.764 $3.114 $3.110 $3.017 $2.999 $2.803 $2.530 $2.444 $2.573

2007 $2.596 $2.467 $2.762 $3.076 $3.358 $3.140 $2.959 $2.790 $2.875 $2.982 $3.196 $3.129

2008 $3.077 $3.163 $3.460 $3.574 $3.859 $4.288 $4.271 $3.977 $3.740 $3.118 $2.191 $1.812

2009 $2.012 $2.163 $2.148 $2.302 $2.510 $2.835 $2.704 $2.840 $2.907 $2.760 $2.821 $2.791

2010 $2.866 $2.811 $2.976 $3.052 $3.007 $2.937 $2.984 $3.068 $2.943 $3.011 $3.076 $3.146

2011 $3.232 $3.337 $3.700 $3.915 $3.993 $3.859 $3.780 $3.753 $3.858 $3.802 $3.674 $3.444

2012 $3.437 $3.572 $3.998 $4.076 $4.155 $4.001 $3.567 $3.806 $4.009 $3.964 $3.470 $3.339

2013 $3.369 $3.622 $3.795 $3.635 $3.831 $3.793 $3.820 $3.787 $3.658 $3.442 $3.243 $3.292

2014 $3.367 $3.313 $3.575 $3.746 $3.872 $3.930 $3.959 $3.834 $3.745

Seattle metro area unleaded fuel prices, 2002-2014

Website: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ under CPI Databases, Average Price Data

Media contact: 415-625-2270

Consumer Price Index - Average Price DataOriginal Data Value

Series Id: APUA42374714

Source: u.s. Bureau of labor statistics



sTaTisTical snapshoT

Organization Description FTE 2014 Type Website

Boeing aircraft manufacturing 40,000 private www.boeing.com/

naval station everett u.s. navy base 6,350 public www.cnic.navy.mil/everett/index.htm

Washington state state government 5,400 public http://access.wa.gov/

providence regional medical center health care 3,500 private http://washington.providence.org/

Tulalip Tribes enterprises Gaming, real estate, government services 3,500 private www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov

snohomish county county government 2,700 public http://snohomishcountywa.gov

The everett clinic health care 2,500 private www.everettclinic.com

premera Blue cross health insurer 2,400 private www.premera.com

Walmart retail 2,056 private www.walmart.com

everett school district school district 2,025 public www.everettsd.org

philips medical systems ultrasound technology 2,000 private www.medical.philips.com

edmonds school district school district 1,865 public www.edmonds.wednet.edu

safeway retail-grocery 1,700 private www.safeway.com

swedish edmonds hospital health care 1,700 private www.swedish.org/edmonds

fred meyer retail-grocery 1,600 private www.fredmeyer.com

fluke corp. (danaher) electronic test & measurement 1,200 private www.fluke.com

marysville school district school district 1,200 public www.msvl.k12.wa.us

albertson’s retail-grocery 1,200 private www.albertsons.com

city of everett city government 1,136 public www.ci.everett.wa.us

aviation Technical services aircraft repair/maintenance/parts 1,000 private http://atsmro.com/

cemeX sand/gravel mining operations 1,000 private www.cemex.com

monroe correctional complex state government-corrections 1,000 public www.doc.wa.gov/facilities/prison/mcc

snohomish pud electric utility 976 public www.snopud.com

esterline control systems aerospace electronics 935 private www.esterline.com

crane aerospace & electronics aerospace electronics 900 private www.craneae.com

frontier communications northwest communications 800 private http://frontier.com

Qfc retail-grocery 731 private www.qfc.com

stillaguamish Tribe Gaming, government services, investments 700 private www.stillaguamish.com

community Transit public transit 650 public www.communitytransit.org

c&d Zodiac aerospace supplier; composites 620 private www.zodiacaerospace.com/en

electroimpact aerospace tooling and automation 620 private www.electroimpact.com

edmonds community college higher education 615 public www.edcc.edu

everett community college higher education 600 public www.everettcc.edu

Travis industries manufacturing-fireplaces 600 private www.travisindustries.com

agilent Technologies life sciences 500 private www.agilent.com

hos Brothers construction construction contractor 500 private www.hosbros.com/hos_home.html

panasonic avionics aircraft equipment 500 private www.panasonic.aero

Zodiac northwest aerospace Technologies aerospace 500 private www.zodiacaerospace.com

city of lynnwood city government 465 public www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us

cascade Valley hospital health care 430 private www.cascadevalley.org

alside manufacturer, vinyl siding 400 private www.alside.com

amT senior aerospace aerospace equipment 400 private www.amtnw.com

community health center of snohomish county health care 400 private www.chcsno.org

intermec Technologies Wireless data collection; rfid 400 private www.intermec.com

national food corp. food distribution 400 private www.natlfood.com

seattle Genetics Biotechnology 400 private www.seattlegenetics.com

sonosite medical devices 400 private www.sonosite.com

macy’s retail 400 private www.macys.com

Jamco aerospace interiors 400 private www.jamcoamerica.com

Tect aerospace aerospace 378 private www.tectaero.com

Snohomish County’s top 50 largest employers

Snohomish County unemployment rate, 2011-2014Source: economic alliance snohomish county

Source: employment security department

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2011 10.6% 10.4% 10% 9% 9.1% 9.9% 9.7% 9% 8.9% 8.7% 8.6% 8.2%

2012 8.7% 8.7% 8.2% 7.2% 7.6% 8.2% 8.1% 7.5% 6.9% 6.7% 6.4% 6.2%

2013 6.6% 6.2% 5.7% 5.2% 5.4% 6.2% 6% 6% 5.8% 5.9% 5.7% 5.4%

2014 5.9% 6% 6% 4.8% 5.1% 5.1% 5.3% 5.3% 5.1% 4.8%


sTaTisTical snapshoT

Organization Description FTE 2014 Type Website

Boeing aircraft manufacturing 40,000 private www.boeing.com/

naval station everett u.s. navy base 6,350 public www.cnic.navy.mil/everett/index.htm

Washington state state government 5,400 public http://access.wa.gov/

providence regional medical center health care 3,500 private http://washington.providence.org/

Tulalip Tribes enterprises Gaming, real estate, government services 3,500 private www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov

snohomish county county government 2,700 public http://snohomishcountywa.gov

The everett clinic health care 2,500 private www.everettclinic.com

premera Blue cross health insurer 2,400 private www.premera.com

Walmart retail 2,056 private www.walmart.com

everett school district school district 2,025 public www.everettsd.org

philips medical systems ultrasound technology 2,000 private www.medical.philips.com

edmonds school district school district 1,865 public www.edmonds.wednet.edu

safeway retail-grocery 1,700 private www.safeway.com

swedish edmonds hospital health care 1,700 private www.swedish.org/edmonds

fred meyer retail-grocery 1,600 private www.fredmeyer.com

fluke corp. (danaher) electronic test & measurement 1,200 private www.fluke.com

marysville school district school district 1,200 public www.msvl.k12.wa.us

albertson’s retail-grocery 1,200 private www.albertsons.com

city of everett city government 1,136 public www.ci.everett.wa.us

aviation Technical services aircraft repair/maintenance/parts 1,000 private http://atsmro.com/

cemeX sand/gravel mining operations 1,000 private www.cemex.com

monroe correctional complex state government-corrections 1,000 public www.doc.wa.gov/facilities/prison/mcc

snohomish pud electric utility 976 public www.snopud.com

esterline control systems aerospace electronics 935 private www.esterline.com

crane aerospace & electronics aerospace electronics 900 private www.craneae.com

frontier communications northwest communications 800 private http://frontier.com

Qfc retail-grocery 731 private www.qfc.com

stillaguamish Tribe Gaming, government services, investments 700 private www.stillaguamish.com

community Transit public transit 650 public www.communitytransit.org

c&d Zodiac aerospace supplier; composites 620 private www.zodiacaerospace.com/en

electroimpact aerospace tooling and automation 620 private www.electroimpact.com

edmonds community college higher education 615 public www.edcc.edu

everett community college higher education 600 public www.everettcc.edu

Travis industries manufacturing-fireplaces 600 private www.travisindustries.com

agilent Technologies life sciences 500 private www.agilent.com

hos Brothers construction construction contractor 500 private www.hosbros.com/hos_home.html

panasonic avionics aircraft equipment 500 private www.panasonic.aero

Zodiac northwest aerospace Technologies aerospace 500 private www.zodiacaerospace.com

city of lynnwood city government 465 public www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us

cascade Valley hospital health care 430 private www.cascadevalley.org

alside manufacturer, vinyl siding 400 private www.alside.com

amT senior aerospace aerospace equipment 400 private www.amtnw.com

community health center of snohomish county health care 400 private www.chcsno.org

intermec Technologies Wireless data collection; rfid 400 private www.intermec.com

national food corp. food distribution 400 private www.natlfood.com

seattle Genetics Biotechnology 400 private www.seattlegenetics.com

sonosite medical devices 400 private www.sonosite.com

macy’s retail 400 private www.macys.com

Jamco aerospace interiors 400 private www.jamcoamerica.com

Tect aerospace aerospace 378 private www.tectaero.com

Snohomish County’s top 50 largest employers

Snohomish County unemployment rate, 2011-2014Source: economic alliance snohomish county

Source: employment security department

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2011 10.6% 10.4% 10% 9% 9.1% 9.9% 9.7% 9% 8.9% 8.7% 8.6% 8.2%

2012 8.7% 8.7% 8.2% 7.2% 7.6% 8.2% 8.1% 7.5% 6.9% 6.7% 6.4% 6.2%

2013 6.6% 6.2% 5.7% 5.2% 5.4% 6.2% 6% 6% 5.8% 5.9% 5.7% 5.4%

2014 5.9% 6% 6% 4.8% 5.1% 5.1% 5.3% 5.3% 5.1% 4.8%

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