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Pierce

United States · GDP 2024
#89 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 94% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$64.9B
GDP growth
+5.7%
Jobs tracked
294,765
Employers
20,051
Avg. wage
$67.0k
Population
946,288
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$99.6k±$1.2k
Business applications
17,007 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1TrueBlue, Inc.Industrials$1.6B50D2Columbia 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$10.1M26D7LKA 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
$46.8B
2019
$48.2B
2020
$53.2B
2021
$57.8B
2022
$61.4B
2023
$64.9B
2024

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
3,782 (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
834
2016
930
2017
1036
2018
1116
2019
1198
2020
1398
2021
1616
2022
1628
2023
1695
2024
1744
2025

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) (CY2022):18,895,768 short tons/yr · Tacoma, WA
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

15 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KColumbia Banking System, Inc.07-01
8-KIP Strategy Holdings, Inc.06-25
10-QIP Strategy Holdings, Inc.05-20
8-KColumbia Banking System, Inc.05-15
8-KColumbia Banking System, Inc.05-15
8-KTrueBlue, Inc.05-15
8-KIP Strategy Holdings, Inc.05-14
8-KTrueBlue, Inc.05-06
10-QTrueBlue, Inc.05-05
8-KTrueBlue, Inc.05-05
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$67.0k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Jackson$65.1BMonroe$65.1BPrince George's$65.2BNew Haven$64.4BJefferson$65.5BDenton$64.3B
The read

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.
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