County profile
Pierce County, WA
United States · GDP 2024
#89 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 94% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$64.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
294,765
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
20,051
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$67.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
946,288
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$99.6k±$1.2k
Bachelor's degree+
30.9%
Poverty rate
8.8%±0.4%
Business applications
17,007 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,131
22.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1TrueBlue, Inc.Industrials$1.6B51D2Columbia Banking System, Inc.Financial Services$177.0M55C3Rainier Pacific Financial Group Inc.Financial Services$54.9M——4Commencement Bancorp Inc.Financial Services$36.7M54D5Ionic Brands Corp.Healthcare$24.9M——6IP Strategy Holdings, Inc.Consumer Defensive$10.1M27D7LKA Gold IncorporatedBasic Materials$851.6k——HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care30%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction14%
Transportation10%
Admin & support10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
946,288
residents · 2025 · +2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $68.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−5,654
International migration+14,367
Natural change+13,762
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$46.8B2019
$48.2B2020
$53.2B2021
$57.8B2022
$61.4B2023
$64.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$526.6k±$5.5k
Median gross rent
$1.8k/mo±$18/mo
Vacancy rate
5.0%±0.3%
Affordability
7.9× wages
Residential permits
$919.1M
3,782 units · 4.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
98.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 100Volcanic 99Avalanche 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
8342016
9302017
10362018
11162019
11982020
13982021
16162022
16282023
16952024
17442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -38% since 20216,0722021
4,7302022
3,1352023
3,2072024
3,7822025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.4 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
9.1 km
WRL
Nearest port
2.2 km
Tacoma, WA
Nearest commercial airport
49.3 km
SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):18,895,768 short tons/yr · Tacoma, WA
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR2 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$67.0k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pierce?
Pierce's economy produced $64.9B in 2024, growing 5.7% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.