Boeing employment in Washington passes 80,000
SEATTLE — Boeing employment in Washington has exceeded 80,000 workers for the first time in nearly a dozen years, The Associated Press reports.
The company reports it had 80,666 workers in the state at the end of September. That’s the most since December 1999 when it had 80,900.
The News Tribune reports Boeing has added more than 7,000 employees to its Washington workforce since last December as it upped production of the 737 in Renton and pushed the 787 and 747-8 to delivery at the widebody factory in Everett.
Boeing’s all-time high employment in Washington was 104,000 in June 1998.
