GRANT COUNTY LABOR FORCE
Industry employment
Source: Employment Security Department. Updated January 2022
Current industry employment statistics are available on the Labor area summaries page.
The top five Grant County sectors in 2019 in terms of employment were:
| Sector | Number of jobs | Share of employment |
| 1. Agriculture, forestry, and fishing | 9,462 | 23.7% |
| 2. Local government | 6,984 | 17.5% |
| 3. Manufacturing | 4,594 | 11.5% |
| 4. Retail trade | 3,451 | 8.7% |
| 5. Health Services | 2,796 | 7.0% |
| All other industries | 12,602 | 31.6% |
| Total covered payrolls | 39,886 | 100% |
*source: https://esd.wa.gov/labormarketinfo/county-profiles/grant
Wages and income
Source: Employment Security Department; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Bureau of Economic Analysis; U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Updated February 2022
The total covered payroll in 2019 in Grant County was approximately $1.765 billion. The average annual wage was $44,263 or 63.6 percent of the state average of $69,606.
The top five Grant County industries in 2019 in terms of payrolls were:
| Sector | Payroll | Share of payrolls |
| 1. Local government | $405,777,294 | 23.0% |
| 2. Agriculture, forestry, and fishing | $301,616,132 | 17.1% |
| 3. Manufacturing | $251,792,534 | 14.3% |
| 4. Health services | $116,478,212 | 6.5% |
| 5. Retail trade | $106,836,130 | 6.1% |
| All other industries | $582,969,371 | 33.0% |
| Total covered payrolls | $1,765,469,673 | 100% |