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The 2016 Book of Lists

Population trends, 8

Accountants, 9-11

Architects, 11

Banks, 12

Banquet/Meeting halls, 13

Caterers, 14

Credit unions, 14

Engineering firms, 15

Financial advisers, 17

Insurance firms, 18

Law firms, 19

Real estate companies, 20

Social characteristics, 21

Wages/Occupations, 22

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The plummeting Canadian dollar will be one of the top issues for Whatcom County in 2016, Pages 4-6

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What’s on tap for 2016

Last year was packed with unexpected business news in Bellingham,

and many of the stories that made headlines last year will continue to play out in 2016. The county is losing jobs with layoffs at Alcoa Intalco Works and CH2M Hill, and it’s possi-ble that more could be lost as Haggen’s bankruptcy process continues.

In a story that’s impacted local retailers, the Canadian dollar is likely to stay low, but cross-border experts think the Canadian dollar and the number of southbound bor-der crossings into Whatcom County are no longer bound together as tight as they were in previous decades.

Meanwhile, the beer indus-try continues to build, and there’s no shortage of brewer-

ies preparing to open in 2016. With those and other trends

looming, 2016 should be another year of change for business in Bellingham and Whatcom County. The follow-ing are just a few of the stories that could make headlines in 2016.

Fallout from recent layoffs

Whatcom County gained some good news at the end of January when Alcoa announced that it was delay-ing idling the Intalco Works aluminum smelter until the end of June. Whether it's just a delay or if it opens the door for the smelter to continue to operate remains to be seen.

If those jobs do go away, the county will lose 585 high-pay-ing jobs with between Alcoa and CH2M Hill. Those job

losses will likely impact other areas of the local economy in 2016.

CH2M Hill, a multinational environmental and engineer-ing consulting firm, closed its local office in late 2015 because of a downturn in the oil and gas industry, a com-pany spokesperson said. Alcoa is looking to close the smelt-ers at its Cherry Point facility due to low aluminum prices, which have affected the alu-minum industry throughout the U.S.

CH2M Hill said in a press release that it will attempt to find jobs for laid-off local workers in other offices, and WorkSource Washington met with Alcoa employees in Janu-ary to discuss their options.

A CH2M Hill spokesperson said the Bellingham jobs paid well, but he didn’t give an average salary figure. Employ-

Whatcom County experienced several years of job growth, but layoffs by CHM2Hill and potential ones by Alcoa and Haggen will hurt the area. OLIVER LAZENBY PHOTO | The Bellingham Business Journal

BY OLIVER LAZENBY The Bellingham Business Journal

Layoffs, falling Canadian dollar bear watching

ees at Intalco Works made an average of $105,000 annually in 2013, an Alcoa spokesper-son said. That’s much more than Bellingham’s mean annu-al salary, which is $45,032, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Western Washington Uni-versity economist Hart Hodg-es said one job at Alcoa indi-rectly supports an estimated two other jobs in the county through consumer spending and other economic activity, according to his statistical modeling.

“For each job at Intalco that goes away, we can imagine that two other jobs in the county are at risk,” he said in an email in November. “Equivalently, if we lose 400 jobs at Intalco, we might lose 1,200 jobs in total.”

Canadian dollar not likely to rebound

The Canadian dollar isn’t worth us much as it used to be and it’s likely to stay that way for a while, a panel of economists said at an event in November hosted by Western Washington University’s Bor-der Policy Research Institute.

That’s bad for Whatcom County retailers, but it may not be that bad, Hodges said at the event.

After dropping in 2014, the Canadian dollar hovered at around 75 cents for most of 2015. By December, it was worth about 72 cents U.S. The two countries’ currencies were equal as recently as January 2013.

The low loonie has affected local retailers, but due to changes in the way people shop, it hasn’t hurt retailers as much as it would have 20 years ago.

“I’m going to be contrarian but I don’t think the decline is as significant as a lot of people are worried it is,” Hodges said at the gathering of cross-bor-der economists. “I think the story is a lot more complex. Retail sales have fallen with


border crossings, but it’s a much richer story than that.”

Other variables in the rela-tionship between the Cana-dian dollar and the amount of Canadian shoppers in Whatcom County include increasing shopping options in the Vancouver area and the fact that gasoline in Whatcom County continues to be a deal for Canadians.

Southbound Canadians surveyed by the Border Policy Research Institute in 2014 reported that gas was a big part of the reason they came south — and the main reason for as much as 20 percent of trips.

In the 1990s, when Bellis Fair Mall was new, Whatcom County had better shopping than the lower mainland, said Ken Peacock, chief economist with the Business Council of British Columbia. That’s changed. New retailer centers popped up in the Vancouver area in recent years, and the developers of one project that

broke ground last year—the Tsawwassen Mills shopping center just north of the border in Tsawwassen, B.C.— hope to attract shoppers from Bell-ingham.

“I remember being a kid and I wanted Converse run-ning shoes and I had to go to Seattle because you couldn’t get them in Canada,” Peacock

said. “We didn’t have diverse retail options.”

Peacock expects the Cana-dian dollar to stay low com-pared to the U.S. dollar. Since Canada exports so much oil and gas, its economy and cur-rency are closely tied to oil prices, which have fallen due to a global oversupply. Pea-cock doesn’t see that changing

anytime soon, he said.

New player enters grocery market

Whole Foods Market will open in Bellingham halfway through 2016 and shake up the already crowded grocery industry. The Austin, Texas-based natural foods grocer has wanted to open a Bellingham store for years, it’s president said in a press release. But it’s moving into a location where other grocery stores have struggled. The Markets LLC closed its grocery store in that location, at 1030 Lakeway Drive, in early 2014 and the location has been empty ever since.

If Whole Foods succeeds, it could put a pinch on The Community Food Co-op and Terra Organica, two other natural food grocers which both expanded in recent years. A major unknown in the local grocery industry is how Hag-

The Canadian dollar continues to fall, but economic experts say that may not hurt Whatcom County as much as it would have in the past. FILE PHOTO | The Bellingham Business Journal

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gen’s bankruptcy will affect its Whatcom County stores. According to court documents that Haggen’s lawyers filed in November, the company will hold an auction in January for its 37 “core stores” — which includes its profitable stores in Whatcom County. Those sales will need to be approved by the U.S. District Bankruptcy Court in Delaware at a hear-ing in February.

It might not be the end of the Haggen, however, as a new company or part of Haggen’s current ownership team, could bid on the stores and continue operating them under the Haggen brand.

Haggen has spent much of the year shedding many of the stores it bought in a 146-store package from Albertsons and Safeway when those two com-panies merged. Albertsons is in the process of acquiring 30 former Haggen stores, and could also be a potential bid-der on the Whatcom County Haggens. Either way, local stores are profitable, according to court documents, and will probably continue operating as grocery stores. But new ownership could mean layoffs or lower pay for workers.

Even more new breweries

Bellingham’s seen a surge

in new breweries and beer-centric businesses in the past few years, and 2016 won’t be an exception. Several brewer-ies hoped to open in 2015, but only one did — Struc-tures Brewing opened at 1420 N. State St., in the beginning of December.

Bellingham is likely to get at least four new breweries in 2016. Subdued Brewing Co. is working toward open-ing its microbrewery in the former home of Gifford’s Market, at 2404 Elm St., in the Columbia Neighborhood. Illuminati Brewing, plans to open in early 2016 at 4131 Hannegan Road, according to its Facebook page.

Last year at this time, own-

ers of both Stones Throw Brewing and Gruff Brewing said they hoped to open by Summer 2015, but neither managed to open last year. They’re still working on it and are expected to open in 2016.

Menace Brewing plans to move its brewery from Fern-dale to 2529 Meridian St. in Bellingham, according to a state liquor license applica-tion. Menace Brewing would be allowed to operate a tap room on premise, according to the license.

The Local Public House, a tap house at 1427 Railroad Ave., is working toward fur-thering Bellingham’s beer culture with something called the Bellingham Beer Lab. The bar’s owners got a building permit in Decem-ber. Rob Whitney, manager at The Local, said the Beer Lab will be an incubator for new brewers. Home brewers can apply for space in the beer lab, which comes with mentorship from an experi-enced brewer. The Local will serve beers brewed in the lab, allowing the budding brewers to develop a customer base.

In other beer news, Pedal Party NW, rolled onto the scene in spring 2015, offering pedal-powered tours of brew-eries. Those developments, coupled with the arrival of several more hotels through-out the year (with one more on the way) furthered Bell-ingham’s appeal for beer tourism in 2015. Judging by the crowds in local breweries, 2016 won’t be the last year that beer makes headlines in Bellingham.

Structures Brewing owner James Alexander pours a beer for a customer at his business at 1420 N. State St. in Bellingham. Several breweries are expected to open in the already vibrant craft beer scene inWhatcom County. OLIVER LAZENBY PHOTO | The Bellingham Business Journal

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| POPULATION |Overview of the past seven years

Population 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009

Whatcom County 209,790 207,600 205,800 203,500 202,100 201,140 199,736

UnincorporatedWhatcom County

89,788 88,822 88,276 87,921 87,535 87,065 87,703

Incorporated Whatcom County

120,002 118,778 117,524 115,579 114,565 114,075 112,033

Bellingham 83,580 82,810 82,310 81,360 81,070 80,885 79,383

Blaine 4,905 4,865 4,785 4,760 4,705 4,684 4,648

Everson 2,580 2,570 2,550 2,520 2,495 2,483 2,443

Ferndale 12,920 12,710 12,290 11,830 11,530 11,415 11,281

Lynden 13,090 12,920 12,730 12,340 12,060 11,951 11,789

Nooksack 1,460 1,435 1,410 1,370 1,350 1,338 1,163

Sumas 1,467 1,468 1,449 1,399 1,355 1,319 1,326

State Total 7,061,410 6,968,170 6,882,400 6,817,770 6,767,900 6,724,540 6,672,159

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| ACCOUNTANTS |Ranked by number of local employees

RankCompany

NameContact

Contact Title

PrimaryAddress

Primary City

PhoneNumber

Web Address Employ-

ees

1 Larson Gross PLLC

Aaron Brown CEO 2211 Rimland Drive, Suite 422

Bellingham 360-734-4280 www.larsongross.com 90

2 Moss Adams LLP Mark Thoma Partner in charge

2200 Rimland Drive

Bellingham 360-676-1920 http://www.mossadams.com 70

3 VSH Certifi ed Public Accountants

Kathy Varner, Robert Sytsma, Kathy Herndon, Chris Sullivan,

Jessica Waggoner

Partners 2200 Rimland Drive, Suite 205

Bellingham 360-734-8715 www.vshcpa.com 35

4 Metcalf Hodges PS

Harte Bressler, Jennifer Wright, Kira Bravo

Partners 709 Dupont St. Bellingham 360-733-1010 www.metcalfhodges.com 14

5 Multop Financial Phillip Multop President 2210 Rimland Drive, Suite 101

Bellingham 888-671-7891 www.multop.com 12

6 Jackson Hewitt Tax Service

Candice White President 1530 Birchwood Ave., Suite D

Bellingham 360-671-0244 11

7 Darrell Stewart and Company

Darrell Stewart President 1135 Ellis St. Bellingham 360-734-2935 www.darrellstewartandcom-pany.com

8

8 Wyandt Account-ing Services, Inc.

Yon Wyandt President 4200 Meridian St., Suite 100

Bellingham 360-671-4026 thewiseaccountant.com 7

9 SchlichtingWixson CPAs

Erin Schlichting, Wendy Wixson

Partners 119 N Commer-cial St., Ste. 1250

Bellingham 360-778-1968 www.schlichtingwixsoncpas.com

6

10 Marlys Bourm CPA

Marlys Bourm President 2594 Lake What-com Blvd.

Bellingham 360-733-7155 www.marlysbourmcpa.com 6

11 Business Support Services NW

Chris McGee Manager 1001 E Maple St. Bellingham 360-733-5530 www.bssnorthwest.com 5

12 Joseph Deacon and Associates

Joseph Deacon President 119 NCommercial St.

Bellingham 360-671-9082 5

13 Gene Bell & Associates

Gene Bell President 1700 Iowa St. Bellingham 360-671-1845 www.genebellassociates.com 5

14 Scott A Davis CPA PS

Scott Davis Principal 2211 Elm St. Bellingham 360-647-1200 scottdaviscpa.com 5

15 Jon Stromberg and Co.

Jon Stromberg President 2509 Cedarwood Ave., Suite 1

Bellingham 360-733-9290 strombergcpas.com 5

16 Bookkeeping Solutions NW

Bill Pate Owner, Presi-dent

109 6th St. Lynden 360-318-1611 www.bsnwtraining.com 4

17 Francis J Oneil CPA PS

Francis Oneil Owner 2080 Alder St. Ferndale 360-384-1421 4

18 Groeneweg Vree and Company Inc.

Mark Groeneweg President 701 Front St. Lynden 360-354-2228 4

19 Jan Bowman & Associates

Employee-owned 519 E. Magnolia St.

Bellingham 360-733-0956 www.jbaaccounting.com 4

20 Orphalee Smith CPA

Orphalee Smith Owner 1408 Commercial St.


21 Central TaxAccounting Inc.

Randy Troupe President 603 Front St. Lynden 360-354-1040 centralaccounting.com 3

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| ACCOUNTANTS |Ranked by number of local employees

RankCompany

NameContact

Contact Title

PrimaryAddress

Primary City

PhoneNumber

Web Address Employ-

ees

22 Fred O LaFreniere CPA Inc.

Fred Lafreniere President 1117 Ellis St. Bellingham 360-647-1696 3

23 Lentz AndAssociates Inc.

Roy Lentz President 2509 Cedarwood Ave., Suite 3


24Stevenson

McColloch CPA's Inc., PS

Tim McCulloch, Lew Stevenson Partners 1951 Main St. Ferndale 360-647-1040 www.a1cpa.com 3

25 Stewart Tax &Accounting Inc.

Andy Eshuis President 1843 Front St., Suite D

Lynden 360-354-3534 3

26 Artino Advisory Group P.S.

Stephanie Artino Owner 1031 N. State St., No. 104

Bellingham 360-656-6834 http://artinoadvisors.com/ 2

27 D.N. Webb CPA Dave Webb President 1229 Cornwall Ave., Suite 306


28 Jay Shilhanek CPA Jay Shilhanek President 1015 Dupont St. Bellingham 360-733-5795 www.shilhanek.com 2

29 Michael B Crane & Associates PS

Michael Crane President 1155 N State St., Suite 420

Bellingham 360-734-4700 www.mbcrane.com 2

30 Vaughn S. Hagen CPA, PS

Vaughn Hagen Owner 1015 Dupont St. Bellingham 360-671-6961 www.vaughnhagencpa.com 2

31 Zaremba Paxton PS John ZarembaMichael Anderson

PresidentOwner

1314 N State St. Bellingham 360-671-1023 www.zarembacpa.com 1

32 Curnow And Curnow PLLC

Jack W. Curnow Managing Partner 1720 Iowa St. Bellingham 360-676-6655 www.curnowcpa.com n/a

33 McMaster &Associates

Betty and Mac McMaster Partners 3636 Kansas St. Bellingham 360-647-9361 n/a

34 Steele Financial Services

Rick Steele President 119 Grand Ave., Suite A

Bellingham 360-647-1739 www.steelefs.com n/a

35 Don Lamb Inc. PS CPA 114 W Magnolia, Suite 445

Bellingham 360-734-6400 www.donlambcpa.com n/a

Rank Company Name Contact Contact Title Primary Address Primary

CityPhone

Number Web Address

1 Arbour NorthRoberta & Jed Clark President 3647 Toad Lake Road Bellingham 360-671-2550 www.arbournorth.com

2 Christensen Design Management

David Christenson Owner 1108 11th st. suite 304 B Bellingham 360-676-4800 www.masterplanning.com

3 Douglas Landsem

Architect

Douglas Landsem Owner 1407 N Forest St. Bellingham 360-733-2466 www.landsemarchitect.

com

4 Gideon ArchitectsGary Gideon Owner 2405 Spruce St. Bellingham 360-676-6195 www.gideonaia.com

5 Grinstad & Wagner Architects

Frederick Wagner, Tom

Gridstad

President 1609 12th St. Bellingham 360-676-9501 www.grinstadwagner.com

6 Hall Kienast Architects AIA

Robert Hall Partner 1303 Commercial St., Suite 2

Bellingham 360-671-1586

7 John Stewart Architects

John Stewart President 1409 Cornwall Ave. Bellingham 360-733-2100 www.johnstewartarchi-tects.com

8 JWR Design Jerry Roetcioender President 104 Front St. Lynden 360-354-0333 www.jwrdesign.com

9 King ArchitectureDavid King Principal 401 Harris Ave.,

Suite 100Bellingham 360-647-5464 http://king-architecture.

com

10 Professional Building Design

Todd Fuller President 2620 N Harbor Loop Drive, Suite 2

Bellingham 360-393-3131

11 RMC Architects Brand Cornwell Partner 1223 Railroad Ave. Bellingham 360-676-7733 RMCarchitects.com

12 Haven Design Workshop

Sean Hegstad Principal 2417 Main St. Ferndale 360-527-2840 www.haven-dw.com

13 Zervas' Group Archiitects

Terry Brown, Sharon

Robinson, Andrew Krzysiek

Principals 209 Prospect St., Suite 1 Bellingham 360-734-4744 www.zervasgroup.com

| ARCHITECTS |Listed alphabetically


| BANKS |Ranked by value of local deposits

RANK Company name Address City CEO Web addressLocal

deposits

1 Bank of America, National

Association100 North Tyron St. Charlotte NC 28202 Brian Moynihan

www.bankofamerica.

com$447,609,000

2 Bank of the Pacific 300 East Market St., Aberdeen,WA 98520 Denise Portmannwww.bankofthepacific.

com$142,961,000

3 Banner Bank 10 South First Ave. Walla Walla,WA 99362 Mark Gresovich www.bannerbank.com $207,997,000

4 Savibank1854 South Burlington

Blvd.Burlington,WA 98233 Mike Cann www.savibank.com $30,074,000

5 Columbia State Bank 1301 A St. Tacoma,WA 98402 Melanie Dresselwww.columbiabank.

com$17,149,000

6 Heritage Bank 201 5th Ave., SW Olympia,WA 98501 Brian Vancehttp://heritagebanknw.

com$158,737,000

7 JPMorgan Chase Bank,

National Association1111 Polaris Parkway Columbus,OH 43240 James Dimon

www.jpmorganchase.

com$229,265,000

8 KeyBank National

Association127 Public Square Cleveland,OH 44114 Beth Mooney www.key.com $218,789,000

9 Union Bank, National

Association400 California St. San Francisco,CA 94104 www.unionbank.com NA

10 Peoples Bank 3100 Woburn St. Bellingham,WA 98226 I. Charles LeCocqwww.peoplesbank-wa.

com$730,341,000

11 Skagit Bank 301 Fairhaven Ave. Burlington,WA 98233 Cheryl Bishop www.skagitbank.com $66,939,000

12 US Bank, National

Association425 Walnut St. Cincinnati,OH 45202 Richard K. Davis www.usbank.com $295,041,000

13 Umpqua Bank 445 S.E. Main St. Roseburg,OR 97470 Raymond P. Davis www.umpquabank.com $85,772,000

14 Washington Federal,

National Association425 Pike St. Seattle,WA 98101 Roy M. Whitehead

www.washingtonfederal.

com$337,766,000

15 Wells Fargo Bank,

National Association101 N. Phillips Ave. Sioux Falls,SD 57104 John G. Stumpf www.wellsfargo.com $297,830,000

Local Deposits: June 30, 2015; Source: www.fdic.gov

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RankCompany General Manager-Owner

Address City Phone WebsiteTotal Sq. Ft/#

of RoomsYear Est.

1 Northwest Washington Fair-Jim Baron

1775 Front St. Lynden 360-354-4111 www.nwwafair.com 71,200 sq ft/4 1910

2 Silver Reef Hotel Casino & Spa-Frank Cornett

4876 Haxton Way Ferndale 866-383-0777 www.silverreefcasino.com 41,000+ sq ft/12 2002

3 Semiahmoo Resort-Mark S. Andrew

9565 Semiahmoo Parkway

Blaine 360-318-2000 www.semiahmoo.com 35,000 sq ft/13 1987

4 Mount Baker Theatre-Brad Burdick

104 N. Commercial St

Bellingham 360-733-5793 www.mountbakertheatre.com 23,800 sq ft/3 1927

5 Western Washington University-Shalom Long

516 High St Bellingham 360-650-4777 www.wwu.edu 18,000+ sq ft/7 1898

6Boys and Girls Club of

Whatcom County-Heather Powell

1616 Cornwall Ave, Ste 111

Bellingham 360-738-3808 www.whatcomclubs.com

17,000 sq ft2 (gyms in

Bellingham, Ferndale)

1946

7 Squalicum Boathouse -Ally Vincent

2600 HarborLoop Road

Bellingham 360-676-2500 www.portofbellingham.com 1,577 sq ft/2 2000

8Four Points by Sheraton

Bellingham Hotel and Conference Center-Larry MacDonald

714 Lakeway Drive Bellingham 360-671-1011 www.fourpointsbellingham.com 11,000 sq ft/12 1979

9 Bellingham Cruise Terminal-Tiffany DeSimone

355 Harris Ave Bellingham 360-676-2500 www.portofbellingham.com 9,650 sq ft/3 1989

10 Hotel Bellwether-Jim Haupt 1 Bellwether Way Bellingham 360-392-3100 www.hotelbellwether.com 7,000 sq ft/6 2000

11 The Majestic on North Forest-Alborz Monjazeb

1027 N. Forest St Bellingham 360-676-0292 www.bellinghammajestic.com 7,000 sq ft/4 2002

12 Broadway Hall-Rob Westford

1300 Broadway St Bellingham 360-733-1560 www.broadwayhall.com 5,600 sq ft/2 1905

13Giuseppe's Italian

Restaurant-Giuseppe Mauro

21 Bellweather Way Bellingham 360-714-8412 www.giuseppesitalian.com 5,500 sq ft/3 2005

14 Depot Market Square-Amanda Grove

1100 Railroad Ave Bellingham 360-778-7000 www.cob.org 5,220 sq ft/1 2006

15 Fox Hall at Hampton Inn Bellingham-Alex Nephew

3985 Bennett Drive Bellingham 360-676-7700bellinghamairport.hamptoninn.com

5,126 sq ft/3 1991

16Bloedel Multipurpose

Room-Parks Administration Office

2214 Electric Ave Bellingham 360-778-7000 www.cob.org/parks 4,300 sq ft/1 1948

17 Northwood Hall-Shannon Rohrbacher

3240 Northwest Ave

Bellingham 360-671-8311 www.northwoodhall.com 4,000 sq ft/1 1995

18SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention-

Tana Grannack1312 Bay St Bellingham 360-738-3886 www.sparkmuseum.org 4,000 sq ft/2 2006

19 Mariott Springhill Suites-Keith Coleman

4040 Northwest Ave

Bellingham 360-714-9600 www.springhillbellingham.com 3,500 sq ft/4 2013

20 Mt Baker Lodging IncDan Graham (owner)

7463 Mt Baker Hwy Maple Falls 360-599-2453 www.mtbakerlodging.com3,000 sq ft/

multiple1989

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| CATERERS |Ranked by number of events catered in 2015

Rank Company Name Manager-Owner Address City Phone Website YearEst.

# ofEvents

1Haggen Market Street Catering

Kaari Haaland (onsite), Steve Hanft

(corporate)

210 36th St. Bellingham 360-647-4325 marketstreetcatering.com 2001 4,000

2 Kelly's O'Deli Dianne Blakesley 5506 Nielsen Ave. Ferndale 360-384-1702 www.kellysodelicatering.com 1985 1,167

3 Café Akroteri John Kotsogeanis 1219 Cromwell Ave.

Bellingham 360-676-5554 cafeakroteri.com 1989 829

4 Hilltop Restaurant Tom Kilpatrick 5645 Guide Meridian

Bellingham 360-920-1372 hilltopcooking.com 1959 310

5 Old World Deli Anna and Christos Adams

1228 N. State St. Bellingham 360-738-2090 oldworlddeli1.com 2007 NA

6 Fools Onion Catering

Lance Bailey and Kristine Kager

5305 Northwest Drive

Bellingham 360-815-7380/360-306-8137

www.foolsonion.com 2002 250

7Port of Subs-

LakewayAlexandria Galvin 1068 Lakeway

DriveBellingham 360-714-1886 www.portofsubs.com 240

8 Windows on the Bay

Tom Kilpatrick 2625 S Harbor Loop Drive

Bellingham 360-920-1372 www.windowsonthebay.net 2008 92

9 India Grill Santok Tumber 1215 Cornwall Ave.

Bellingham 360-714-0314 www.indiagrill.us 1996 30

10Giuseppe's Italian

RestaurantGiuseppe Mauro 21 Bellweather

LaneBellingham 360-714-8412 www.giuseppesitalian.com 2005 NA

11Jalapenos Mexican

RestaurantJesse Cantu 2218 Pacific St.

(corporate HQ)Bellingham 360-778-2045 jalapenos-wa.com 1999 NA

| CREDIT UNIONS |Ranked by value of assets

Rank Company name/Address Phone Web address Assets Emp. Members

1 Whatcom Educational Credit Union600 E. Holly St., Bellingham 360-676-1168 www.wecu.com $1.173 billion 350 73,724

2 Industrial Credit UnionPO Box 1767, Bellingham 360-734-2043 industrialcu.org $190 million 89 23,573

3 North Coast Credit Union1100 Dupont St., Bellingham 360-671-8235 www.northcoastcu.org $179 million 51 13,722

4 Pacific Northwest Credit Union3250 Northwest Ave., Bellingham 360-647-0560 www.pacifcnwcu.com $136 million 56 15,815

5 WestEdge Credit Union2501 James St., Bellingham 360-734-5790 www.westedgecu.org $52 million 13 4,078

Source: Northwest Credit Union Association

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| ENGINEERING FIRMS |Ranked by number of local employees

Rank Company Name Contact Title Address Phone Number Web Address Emp. Est.

1 Anvil Corporation Gordon Lindell President1675 W. Bakerview Road.,

Bellingham360-671-1450 www.anvilcorp.com 418 1971

2 Wilson Engineering Andy LawProject

Manager805 Dupont St., Suite 7.,

Bellingham360-733-6100 www.wilsonengineering.com 29 1967

3Pacific Surveying &

Engineering Services Inc

Adam Morrow President1812 Cornwall Ave.,

Bellingham360-671-7387 www.psesurvey.com 26 1989

4 Valmont West Coast Engineering

Theodore Brockman

Vice President

6823 Northgate Way., Lynden

604-946-1256 www.valmont.com 25 1998

5 Reichart & EB Engineering, Inc.

Luis Ponce President423 Front St., Suite 201.,

Lynden360-354-3687 www.recivil.com 23 1993

6 Hiltner Combustion Systems

Joel HiltnerManaging Member

1482 Slater Road, Unit D., Ferndale

360-312-9200 www.hiltnercombustionsystems.com 13 2007

7 Land Development Engineering & Surveying

Kyle Haggith President5160 Industrial Place,

No.108., Ferndale360-383-0620 www.ldesinc.com 11 2004

8 Bayside Engineering Group

Guy Maakad President6982 Hannegan Road.,

Lynden360-354-7980 www.baysideeng.com 10 1988

9 Ronald T Jepson And Associates

Ronald JepsonPrincipal Engineer

222 Grand Ave., Suite C., Bellingham

360-733-5760 www.jepsonengineering.com 10 1968

10 Marlin Engineering, Inc. Martin Spencer President2200 Division St., Suite A.,

Bellingham360-671-0155 www.marlinengineer.com 9 2002

11 2020 Engineering, Inc. Mark Buehrer President 814 Dupont St., Bellingham 360-671-2020 www.2020engineering.com 8 1995

12 Chinook Wind John Bosche Principal 6571 Lunde Road., Everson 360-398-2862 www.chinookwind.net 8 2001

13 Transition Composites Engineering

Raymond Blotteaux

President 3145 Brown Road., Ferndale 360-312-1497 www.transitioncomposites.com 6 2007

14 Jones Engineers, Inc Darcy Jones President4164 Meridian St. Suite

304., Bellingham360-733-8888 http://www.jonesengineers.us/ 5 1989

15 Associated Project Consultants, Inc

Douglas Campbell

President 1401 Astor St., Bellingham 360-671-1146 www.apcengineers.com 4 1978

16 Braaksma Engineering Inc.

Gary Braaksma President 711 Racine St., Bellingham 360-734-7416 www.braaksma-engineering.com 4 1999

17 K Engineers, Inc.William

DiephuisPrincipal 208 3rd St., Lynden 360-354-4757 www.k-engineers.com 4 2007

18 Redpoint Structures Greg Funston President1264 Mt. Baker Highway.,

Bellingham360-715-0121 www.redpointstructures.com 4 2005

19 Schouten Construction John Schouten Owner273 Rosemary Way.,

Bellingham360-354-5637 4 1968

20 DVDT Engineering, Inc.Damon

VandentopPrincipal

295 W King Tut Road., Lynden

360-933-1345 2 2003

21 Andritz Matt McGarryVice

President1801 Roeder Ave., Suite

112., Bellingham360-714-0787 www.andritz.com 2 1997

22 Merit Engineering Inc. Austin Huang President2715 Meridian St.,

Bellingham360-738-1499 www.meritengineering.com 2 1992

23 Bennett Engineering Tom BennettManaging Member

2324 James St., Bellingham 360-671-2600 www.bennettengr.com 1 2003


| ENGINEERING FIRMS |Ranked by number of local employees

Rank Company Name Contact Title Address Phone Number Web Address Local emp. Est.

24 Metmat Inc.Michael Kogan

President3700 Alabama St., Apt.

304., Bellingham360-733-3606 www.metmatinc.alu.com.cn 1 1998

25 Sehome Planning & Engineering Services

Rollin Harper Principal103 E Holly St., Suite 206.,

Bellingham360-733-6033 www.pleasantsolutions.com 1 2000

26 Wool-Zee Company Inc.

Matthew Woolsey

President 814 Dupont St., Bellingham 360-676-4604 www.woolzee.com 1 1991

27 Hydrologic Services Co.

Joanne Greenberg

Owner1317 Chuckanut Drive.,

Bellingham360-650-9000 www.hydrologicservices.com n/a 1991

28 Advanced Simulation Corporation

Kenton Starko President1385 Gulf Road, Suite 201.,

Pt Robers360-945-3090 www.advsim.com n/a n/a

29 Hansson Mechanical Systems, Inc.

Ulf Hansson President8980 Snowy Owl Lane.,

Blaine360-371-4321 www.tech-roll.com n/a n/a

30 Lahatt Engineering James Lahatt Owner2101 Cornwall Ave.,

Bellingham360-676-8332 3Dsystems.com n/a n/a

31 Mazdak International, Inc.

Baha Abul-naga

Principal 410 W 3rd Ave., Sumas 360-988-6058 LDS.com n/a n/a

32 Sequoia Technologies, Inc.

Keith Denoyer President4210 Padden Hills Court.,

Bellingham360-656-5075 www.sequoia-tech.com n/a n/a

33 Summit Engineering And Design

Ernie Mac-quarrie

Civil Structural Engineer

2413 Main St., Ferndale 360-366-7330 www.sead.com n/a n/a

34 Tsuga Engineering 3809 Morning Mist Way.,

Bellingham360-255-7508 digitalscan3D.com n/a n/a

35 United EnergyEngineers

Robert Langei

Executive VicePresident,

ChiefFinancialOfficer

3035 Silvern Lane.,Bellingham

360-647-2427 www.unitedenergyengineers.com n/a n/a

36 Web Engineering Neil LattaPrincipal Engineer

125 W Kellogg Road., Bellingham

360-671-7002 www.webengineering.us n/a n/a

37 Weden Engineering Eric Weden Principal2636 Nubgaard Road.,

Ferndale360-380-1363 www.wedenengineering.com n/a n/a

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| FINANCIAL ADVISERS |Ranked by number of advisers

Rank Company Name Contact TitlePrimaryAddress

PhoneNumber

WebAddress

Local Emp.

Est

1 Waddell & Reed Timonthy Goering Managing partner 2122 Barkley Blvd., Suite 200 360-734-4728 www.waddell.com 17/23 1987

2 Edward Jones John Meno Regional leader 437 N. Olympic Ave., Suite A 360-403-7071 edwardjones.com 15 n/a

3 Merrill Lynch Richard Rosbach Resident director 2950 Newmarket St., Suite 104 360-676-7800 ml.com 15/19 1960

4 Morgan Stanley Steven J. Sutton Financial adviser 2200 Rimland Drive, Suite 105 360-734-8500 morganstanley.com 11--5 1972

5 Ludeman Capital Management

Heidi Ludeman President 1855 Main St., Suite 103 360-738-9600 ludemancapital.com 6--9 1995

6 Saturna Capital Jane Carten President 1300 N. State St. 360-734-9900 saturna.com 7--70 1989

7 UBS Financial Services

Stew ElisonVP/Branch office

manager104 Unity St. 360-715-8939 ubs.com 5--7 1996

8 Archer Halliday Bernadette Halliday Owner 1621 Cornwall Ave. 360-756-1010 archergroup.com 3--10 1998





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| INSURANCE FIRMS |Ranked by number of advisers

Rank Company Name Contact Contact Title Primary Address Primary

CityPhone

Number Web Address Emp. Est

1 Rice Insurance Greg Gubranson CEO-Agent 1400 Broadway St. Bellingham 360-734-1161 www.riceinsurance.com 57 1946

2 Hub Northwest Barry HansonExecu-tive vice president

110 Unity St. Bellingham 360-647-9000 www.hubnw.com 40 1929

3 Snapper Shuler Ken-ner Insurance

Todd KaloperOfficer

manager501 Front St. Lynden 360-354-4488 www.sskinsurance.com 32 1925

4 Oltman S&V Agency Inc.

Ann Medina President 709 Front St. Lynden 360-734-3960 www.oltmaninsurance.com 18 1932

5 Guide Insurance Services

Brett and Joel Kok Principal 8108 Guide Meridian Road Lynden 360-354-2200www.guideinsuranceser-

vices.com13 1952

6 Country Financial Brian CastellanosDistrict

managerMulitiple agencies throughout

the countyBellingham 360-527-0205 www.countryfinancial.com 8 1932

7 Bob Wallin Insurance Inc.

Ann Leonard President 1844 Iron St. Bellingham 360-734-5204 www.bobwallin.com 7 1976

8 VibrantUSA Dan Solberg CEO 3800 Byron Ave., Suite 148 Bellingham 360-733-5111 www.vibrantusa.com 7 2003

9 D&D Insurance Agency

Derek Barnes President 5701 3rd Ave. Ferndale 360-392-8159 www.danddinsurance.com 6 2004

10 Employee Benefits Planning

Lori Wilson Principal 288 Martin St. Bellingham 360-33-7300 www.ebpllc.com 5 1986

11 Erik Dyrland Insur-ance (Farmers)

Erik Dyrland President 2105 Park St. Bellingham 360-734-5072 www.dyrlandinsurance.com 5 1987

12 Magas Insurance Inc. Bill Magas President 2615 Meridian St. Bellingham 360-734-0416 www.magasinsurance.com 4 1979

13 Hoffman Insurance Inc.

Jim Hoffman Owner 4202 Meridian St., Suite 102 Bellingham 360-671-8155www.allstate.com/james-

hoffman3 2013

14Leonard J Corneto Insurance Agency

Inc.Len Corneto Owner 102 Grover St., Suite 209 Lynden 360-354-4197

www.countryfinancial.com/leonard.corneto

2 2005

15Nancy Leavitt

Agency (American Family Insurance)

Nancy Leavitt Agent 3031 Orleans St., No. 202 Bellingham 360-733-3626www.nancyleavittagency.

com2 2008

16 Abbe & Associates & S.A.S. Brokerage

Ross Abbe Principal 2100 Humboldt St. Bellingham 360-733-7768 n/a 1 2005

17 JD Phillips & Associ-ates Inc.

John Phillips President 1292 E Axton Road Bellingham 360-398-9224 n/a 1 1987

18 Mutual of Omaha Insurance Agency

Bill Tetreault 5060 Pacific Highway Ferndale 360-752-3253 mutualofomaha.com 1 2003

19 Coltran Insurance Agency

Richard Coltran President 2530 Meridian St. Bellingham 360-647-1662 n/a

20 State Street Insur-ance (Allstate)

Scott Richardson President 1901 N State St., Suite A Bellingham 360-714-8790www.statestreetinsurance.

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| LAW FIRMS |Ranked by number of local employees

Rank Company Name/Address Attorneys Phone/Website emp. Description

1 Belcher Swanson Law Firm900 Dupont St.

Jack Swanson, Mark Lackey, Chet Lackey, Pete Dworkin, Hugh Klin-edinst, Kristen Reid, Terry Lewis,

Doug Robertson, Josh Fox, Morgan Fox, Brad Swanson, Scot Swanson

360-734-6390www.belcherswanson.com 21 Private law fi rm

2 Barron Smith Daugert300 N. Commercial St., Bellingham

Sallye N. Quinn,Debbie Nelson

360-733-0212www.barronsmithlaw.com 20

Estate planning, business and em-ployment law, commercial litigation,

real estate

3 Carmichael Clark1700 D St., Bellingham Laughlan Clark 360-647-1500

www.carmichaelclark.com 18 Land use and development law

4 Chmelik Sitkin & Davis1500 Railroad Ave., Bellingham

Frank Chmelik, Jonathan Sitkin, Richard Davis

360-671-1796www.chmelik.com 18

Municipal governments, business and corporate law, environmental, construction law, real estate and

land use, employment and labor law, probate and estate planning

5Brett McCandlis Brown

1310 10th St., Suite 104.,Bellingham

David Brown 360-714-0900www.washingtoninjury.com 15 Personal injury and wrongful death

law

6 Adelstein, Sharpe & Serka400 N. Commercial St., Bellingham

Steve Adelstein, Phil Sharpe, Phil Serka, Jeff Fairchild, Mitchell Saber,

Ivan Stoner, Morgan Fox

360-671-6565www.adelstein.com 14

Corporate business, personal injury, property damage, environmental/

land use, employment law, wills and probate

7 Schacht Law Offi ce Inc.310 E. Magnolia St., Bellingham Micheal Schacht 360-647-0400

www.schachtlaw.com 10 Intellectual property rights

8Cascadia Cross-Border Law

1305 11th St., Suite 301.,Bellingham

Greg Boos 360-671-5945www.cascadia.com 8 U.S. immigration law specialists

9Brownlie Evans Wolf & Lee

230 E. Champion St., Bellingham Simon Brownlie, Murphy Evans, Heather Wolf, Mark Lee

360-676-0306www.brownlieevans.com 6 Real estate, business, employment

and litigation

709 Dupont StreetBellingham, WA 98225p. 360.733.1010www.metcalfhodges.com

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| REAL ESTATE COMPANIES |Ranked by number of local employees

Rank Company/Address Owner/Top Exec. Phone Number Website Agents/Brokers

Est.

1 Keller Williams Realty2211 Rimland Drive, Suite 124., Bellingham

Marsha LockartManaging broker

260-738-7070 www.kw.bellingham.net 360 2000

2 Windemere-Whatcom Realty515 W. Bakerview Road., Bellingham

Kristin MillerMarketing manager

360-734-7500 www.windermere.com 180 1995

3 Coldwell Banker Bain3610 Meridian St., Bellingham

Sunny LakeManaging broker

360-734-3420 www.cbbain.com 66 1907

4 RE/MAX Whatcom County Inc.913 Lakeway Drive., Bellingham Lori Reece Owner 360-647-1313 www.nwhomes.net 65 1991

5 Muljat Group Inc.510 Lakeway Drive., Bellingham

Frank MuljatPresident

360-733-3030 www.muljatgroup.com 65 n/a

6 John L. Scott Real Estate2930 Newmarket St., Suite 111

Darin Stenvers Managing broker

360-671-9640http://www.bellinghamoffice.

johnlscott.com/40 1933

7 Sterling Real Estate Group2011 Young St., Suite 101., Bellingham

Phil DyerManaging broker

360-756-0021 www.sterlingrealestate.biz 37 1997

8 Muljat Group North505 Front St., Lynden

Jerry BlankersManaging broker

360-354-4242 www.muljatgroupnorth.com 22 1926

9 eXp Realty International Corp.1106 Harris Ave., #104., Bellingham Glenn Sanford CEO 360-739-6981 www.exprealty.com 20 2009

10 Century 21 Bay Properties8045 Birch Bay Drive., Blaine

Carl Dufton Desig-nated broker/Owner

360-676-0210 www.century21bayproperties.com 18 1986

11 Pacific Continental Realty114 W. Magnolia St., Suite 302., Bellingham Jim Bjerke Owner 360-671-4200 www.pacificcontinentalrealty.com 13 1992

12 Fairhaven Realty (Branch of Lakeway Realty)1100 11th St., Bellingham

Gloria Calderhead Branch manager

360-676-8990 www.fairhavenrealty.com 12 1972

13 Sun-Mark Properties1850 Lake Whatcom Blvd., Bellingham Azam Nader CEO 360-733-3700 www.sunmarkproperties.com 10 1969

14 Misty Mountains Realty8193 Kendall Road., Maple Falls

Bret VanLant, Tyrel Jackson Owners

360-599-2200 www.mistymtsrealty.com 8 1990

15 Hammer Properties NW102 Ohio St., Bellingham

Mike Hays Owner, managing broker

360-756-6500 www.hammerproperties.com 7 2012

16 Lakeway Realty Inc.3547 Lakeway Drive

Dave HansenManaging Broker

360-733-4009 www.lakewayrealty.net 7 1983

17 Landmark Real Estate Management3800 Byron Ave., Suite 112., Bellingham

Kim Servoss Director of property

management 360-738-1022 www.visitlandmark.com 7 1988

18 William T. Follis Realtors108 Prospect St., Bellingham

Melanie O'Suileabhain

President360-734-5850 www.follisrealtors.com 6 1921

19 Buy The Bay Realty225 G St., Suite 102A., Blaine

Marcella Gilbertson President

360-332-1340 www.buythebayrealty.net 5 2006

20 Premier Properties NW1135 Ellis St., Bellingham Larry Humes Owner 360-756-6600 www.premierpropertiesnw.com 5 2005

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| SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS |A look at Whatcom County

Total households 79,837Family households (families) 49,816With own children under 18 years 21,165Married-couple family 39,342With own children under 18 years 15,176Male householder, no wife present, family 2,645With own children under 18 years 1,461Female householder, no husband present, family 7,829With own children under 18 years 4,528Nonfamily households 30,021Householder living alone 21,60065 years and over 8,188 Households with one or more people under 18 years 23,042Households with one or more people 65 years and over 20,695 Average household size 2.5Average family size 3.02 Relationship Population in households 199,471Householder 79,837Spouse 39,281Child 52,873Other relatives 8,535Nonrelatives 18,945Unmarried partner 4,771 Marital Status Males 15 years and over 83,732Never married 30,871Now married, except separated 42,579Separated 870Widowed 1,350Divorced 8,062Females 15 years and over 86,431Never married 26,772Now married, except separated 40,804Separated 1,449Widowed 6,551Divorced 10,855Fertility Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months 2,468Unmarried women(widowed, divorced, and never married) 580

Per 1,000 unmarried women 20Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old 48Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old 10Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old 78Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old 27Grandparents Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years 3,240Responsible for grandchildren 1,704Years responsible for grandchildren Less than 1 year 6301 or 2 years 3543 or 4 years 1815 or more years 539Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years 1,704Who are female 989Who are married 1,216School enrollment Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 57,126Nursery school, preschool 2,834Kindergarten 2,269Elementary school (grades 1-8) 18,839High school (grades 9-12) 9,712College or graduate school 23,472Educational attainment Population 25 years and over 132,477Less than 9th grade 4,4539th to 12th grade, no diploma 7,409High school graduate (includes equivalency) 30,092Some college, no degree 33,693Associate's degree 13,924Bachelor's degree 28,409Graduate or professional degree 14,497Percent high school graduate or higher (X)Percent bachelor's degree or higher (X)Veteran Status Civilian population 18 years and over 162,522Civilian veterans 14,187Disability Status Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population 203,319With a disability 26,194Under 18 years 42,033With a disability 1,887

18 to 64 years 132,546With a disability 14,56465 years and over 28,740With a disability 9,743Residence one year ago Population 1 year and over 202,568Same house 168,154Different house in the U.S. 33,313Same county 22,612Different county 10,701Same state 6,975Different state 3,726Abroad 1,101Place of birth Total population 204,855Native 182,081Born in United States 179,238State of residence 107,396Different state 71,842Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) 2,843Foreign born 22,774U.S. Citizenship Status Foreign-born population 22,774Naturalized U.S. citizen 11,850Not a U.S. citizen 10,924World region of Foreign Born Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea 22,774Europe 5,247Asia 5,633Africa 481Oceania 169Latin America 5,503Northern America 5,741Ancestry Total population 204,855American 7,828Arab 380Czech 1,042Danish 2,765Dutch 15,441English 23,779French (except Basque) 7,070

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| WAGES/OCCUPATIONS |Selected snapshots of Whatcom County employment

Employees Hourly wage Annual All Occupations 79,720 $21.65 $45,030 Management Occupations 3,290 $47.06 $97,890 Chief Executives 80 $74.39 $154,730 General and Operations Managers 910 $47.57 $98,950 Business and Financial Operations Occupations 3,300 $30.37 $63,170 Accountants and Auditors 680 $31.49 $65,500 Personal Financial Advisors 60 $50.19 $104,390 Tax Preparers 30 $15.19 $31,600 Computer and Mathematical Occupations 1,280 $34.58 $71,920 Computer Programmers 90 $47.08 $97,930 Software Developers, Applications 350 $37.11 $77,190 Web Developers 90 $28.90 $60,120 Architecture and Engineering Occupations 1,300 $40.63 $84,510 Civil Engineers 280 $41.13 $85,550 Mechanical Engineers 140 $43.92 $91,360 Architectural and Civil Drafters 60 $23.56 $49,010 Community and Social Service Occupations 1,360 $20.97 $43,610 Mental Health Counselors 30 $23.12 $48,080 Child, Family, and School Social Workers 240 $23.15 $48,160 Healthcare Social Workers 100 $28.93 $60,170 Legal Occupations 320 $36.76 $76,460 Lawyers 150 $44.31 $92,160 Paralegals and Legal Assistants 100 $24.95 $51,900 Education, Training, and Library Occupations 5,380 $24.13 $50,200 Elementary School Teachers,Except Special Education 690 ** $62,460 Middle School Teachers, Except Special andCareer/Tech Ed. 340 ** $61,130 Secondary School Teachers, ExceptSpecial and Career/Tech Ed. 380 ** $62,750 Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, andMedia Occupations 1,190 $19.97 $41,530 Graphic Designers 120 $17.81 $37,030 Coaches and Scouts 520 ** $33,660 Editors * $25.43 $52,890 Healthcare Practitioners and TechnicalOccupations 3,920 $39.53 $82,220 Dentists, General 70 $86.48 $179,890

Pharmacists 170 $54.89 $114,160 Family and General Practitioners 90 $83.41 $173,500 Physicians and Surgeons, All Other * $130.32 $271,070 Registered Nurses 1,240 $37.28 $77,530 Protective Service Occupations 1,650 $29.52 $61,400 Firefighters 250 $30.31 $63,050 Detectives and Criminal Investigators 280 $49.07 $102,060 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 250 $34.21 $71,150 Food Preparation and ServingRelated Occupations 8,630 $12.11 $25,190 Chefs and Head Cooks 40 $29.12 $60,570 Bartenders 510 $11.33 $23,570 Waiters and Waitresses 1,700 $13.89 $28,880 Building and Grounds Cleaning andMaintenance Occupations 2,980 $13.84 $28,800 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids andHousekeeping Cleaners 1,510 $13.71 $28,520 Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 670 $10.85 $22,560 Personal Care and Service Occupations 2,240 $12.68 $26,360 Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 220 $14.03 $29,190 Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 130 $14.66 $30,490 Sales and Related Occupations 9,380 $16.49 $34,300 Advertising Sales Agents 70 $19.03 $39,570 Insurance Sales Agents 190 $24.01 $49,940 Real Estate Sales Agents 190 $27.80 $57,820 Office and Administrative Support Occupations 11,470 $17.28 $35,950 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 1,370 $18.72 $38,940 Customer Service Representatives 920 $15.07 $31,340 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants,Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 1,400 $16.91 $35,160 Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations 360 $17.86 $37,140 Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, andGreenhouse 90 $14.76 $30,710 Logging Equipment Operators 80 $21.97 $45,690 Construction and Extraction Occupations 4,470 $24.82 $51,620 Carpenters 780 $24.30 $50,540 Construction Laborers 790 $20.31 $42,250 Painters, Construction and Maintenance 260 $17.29 $35,970

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