Full-service restaurants in Washington 6,860 establishments · 108,733 employees · 2024
Firms (WA)
6,860
Employment
108,733
Avg Annual Pay
$36,270
State Rank
#13 of 52
How Washington compares to national
Metric
Washington
National
Washington vs. U.S.
Establishments
6,860
265,872
2.6% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$36,270
$30,527
+$5,743 (+18.8%)
Location quotient
1.32
1.00
32% denser than national
Avg firm size (employees)
15.9
20.2
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Year-over-year firm growth
+3.0%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 1.32 means full-service restaurants are 32% over-represented in Washington's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 722511. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json