CPA offices in Washington 879 establishments · 8,645 employees · 2024
Firms (WA)
879
Employment
8,645
Avg Annual Pay
$114,284
State Rank
#25 of 52
How Washington compares to national
Metric
Washington
National
Washington vs. U.S.
Establishments
879
63,589
1.4% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$114,284
$117,199
-$2,915 (-2.5%)
Location quotient
0.71
1.00
29% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
9.8
8.5
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Year-over-year firm growth
+2.4%
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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 0.71 means cpa offices are 29% under-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 541211. 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