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2009 STRATEGIC INDUSTRY CLUSTERS
FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
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This ranking of industry clusters is intended to guide and inform policy and investment decisions for workforce education and training. The Workforce Board will guide investments toward clusters that are at the higher rather than the lower end of the strategic rankings. Policy for using Strategic Clusters
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| Olympic Workforce Development Area - Region 1 |
| Cluster or Industry |
Workforce Rank |
Overall Rank |
| Navy Focused Cluster |
1 |
1 |
| Ship and Boat Building |
2 |
2 |
| Architectural and Engineering Services |
3 |
3 |
| Construction |
4 |
7 |
| Wood Products Focused Cluster |
5 |
4 |
| Sporting Goods Mfg. |
6 |
5 |
| Business Support Services |
7 |
6 |
| Nursing and Residential Care Facilities |
8 |
9 |
| Amusement, Gambling, & Recreation |
9 |
8 |
| Fishing |
10 |
10 |
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| Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Area - Region 2 |
| Cluster or Industry |
Workforce Rank |
Overall Rank |
| Forest Products |
1 |
1 |
| Animal Production - except Cattle & Poultry |
2 |
2 |
| Coal Mining |
3 |
4 |
| Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction |
4 |
5 |
| Sporting Goods Mfg. |
5 |
3 |
| Health care services |
6 |
7 |
| Business Support Services |
7 |
6 |
| Fishing, Seafood Processing & Shipbuilding |
8 |
8 |
| Travel Trailer & Camper Mfg. |
9 |
9 |
| Animal Production and Cattle Ranching |
10 |
10 |
| Agriculture and Forestry Support |
11 |
11 |
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| Northwest Workforce Development Area - Region 3 |
| Cluster or Industry |
Workforce Rank |
Overall Rank |
| Petroleum Refining |
1 |
1 |
| Boat Building |
2 |
2 |
| Forest Products |
3 |
3 |
| Agriculture-Food Products |
4 |
7 |
| Fishing & Seafood Processing |
5 |
4 |
| Heating Equipment |
6 |
5 |
| Aluminum |
7 |
8 |
| Cement and Concrete Manufacturing |
8 |
9 |
| Canvas and Rope Manufacturing |
9 |
6 |
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| Snohomish County Workforce Development Area - Region 4 |
| Cluster or Industry |
Workforce Rank |
Overall Rank |
| Aerospace |
1 |
1 |
| Abrasive Products Mfg. |
2 |
2 |
| Sheet Metal Products |
3 |
3 |
| Military |
4 |
4 |
| Electrical Machinery |
5 |
5 |
| Specialty Trades Construction (utlility, heavy) |
6 |
6 |
| Metal Forming Machine Tools |
7 |
9 |
| Boat Builders |
8 |
7 |
| Forest Products |
9 |
8 |
| Doll-Toy-Game Mfg. |
10 |
10 |
| Wood Kitchen Cabinets |
11 |
11 |
| Custom Steel Roll Forming |
12 |
12 |
| Fisheries & Seafood Products |
13 |
13 |
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| Seattle-King County Workforce Development Area - Region 5 |
| Cluster or Industry |
Workforce Rank |
Overall Rank |
| Software/Computer Services, including Programming |
1 |
1 |
| Aerospace |
2 |
2 |
| Health Care |
3 |
4 |
| Water Transportation (water transportation of passengers and cargo) |
4 |
3 |
| Scientific Research & Development |
5 |
6 |
| Nonstore retailers (sales of merchandise in venues other than stores. Example: Sodexho) |
6 |
5 |
| Telecommunications |
7 |
8 |
| Specialty Construction (utility, street/bridge, heavy) |
8 |
7 |
| Travel Arrangement (such as Holland America) |
9 |
9 |
| Depository Credit |
10 |
10 |
| Overhead Cranes & Hoist Mfg. |
11 |
11 |
| High Tech Manufacturing (includes computers, computer peripherals, instrumentation and electrical devices) |
12 |
14 |
| Heavy Truck Mfg. |
13 |
13 |
| Spectator Sports |
14 |
12 |
| Air Transportation |
15 |
16 |
| Fisheries |
16 |
15 |
| Sporting Goods and Toy Mfg. |
17 |
18 |
| Performing Arts |
18 |
17 |
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| Tacoma-Pierce County Workforce Development Area - Region 6 |
| Cluster or Industry |
Workforce Rank |
Overall Rank |
| Military |
1 |
1 |
| Computer Services |
2 |
2 |
| Aircraft Parts Mfg. |
3 |
3 |
| Gypsum Products Mfg. |
4 |
4 |
| Offices of Physicians, Dentists and Other Health Care Practitioners |
5 |
7 |
| Construction |
6 |
9 |
| Office administrative services (office-based support of day-to-day operations of other organizations) |
7 |
5 |
| Plastic Bottle Mfg. |
8 |
6 |
| Forest Products |
9 |
10 |
| Concrete Products Mfg. |
10 |
8 |
| Health Care Services |
11 |
11 |
| Fishing & Seafood Processing |
13 |
15 |
| Warehousing and Storage |
14 |
12 |
| Confectionary Mfg. |
15 |
14 |
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| Southwest Washington Workforce Development Area * - Region 7 |
| Cluster or Industry |
Workforce Rank |
Overall Rank |
| Forest Products |
1 |
4 |
| Federal Electrical Utilities |
2 |
1 |
| Health Care Services |
3 |
2 |
| Industrial Machinery, including Sawmill and Paper Machinery Mfg. |
4 |
3 |
| Construction |
5 |
6 |
| Semiconductors |
6 |
5 |
| Pump & Pumping and Air & Gas Equipment Mfg. |
7 |
7 |
| Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Mfg., including Audio & Video Equipment |
8 |
9 |
| Auto Rental |
9 |
8 |
| Lighting Fixture Mfg. |
10 |
10 |
| Food Products Manufacturing, include Poultry Processing |
11 |
11 |
| Gambling |
12 |
12 |
| * Southwest Washington includes clusters that overlap into the Portland Metropolitan Area (Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington Counties). In particular, those clusters include the following industries that have high location quotients in both Southwest Washington and the Portland Metro Area: industrial machinery, sawmill and paper machinery, pump equipment, semiconductors, and audio and video equipment. |
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| North Central Workforce Development Area - Region 8 |
| Cluster or Industry |
Workforce Rank |
Overall Rank |
| Health Care Services |
1 |
1 |
| Agriculture & Food Products |
2 |
2 |
| Electrical Utilities |
3 |
3 |
| Cut Stone production |
4 |
4 |
| Metal Manufacturing, including Foundaries and Castings |
5 |
5 |
| Forest Products |
6 |
6 |
| Gambling & Recreation |
7 |
7 |
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| South Central Workforce Development Area - Region 9 |
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| Cluster or Industry |
Workforce Rank |
Overall Rank |
| Agriculture & Food Products |
1 |
1 |
| Motor Home Mfg. |
2 |
2 |
| Ornamental metalwork |
3 |
3 |
| Forest Products |
4 |
4 |
| Health Care Services |
5 |
5 |
| Warehousing |
6 |
6 |
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| Eastern Washington Partnership Workforce Development Area - Region 10 |
| Cluster or Industry |
Workforce Rank |
Overall Rank |
| Mining |
1 |
1 |
| Forest Products |
2 |
2 |
| Heating Equipment Except Warm Air Furnaces |
3 |
3 |
| Depository Credit Organizations |
4 |
6 |
| Agriculture & Food Products |
5 |
5 |
| Agricultural & Forestry Support Services (independent establishments from actual producers, such as farm or forestry management). |
6 |
4 |
| Cattle Ranching |
7 |
7 |
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| Benton-Franklin Workforce Development Area - Region 11 |
| Cluster or Industry |
Workforce Rank |
Overall Rank |
| Computer Related Services |
1 |
1 |
| Waste Remediation & Management (includes portions of the Hanford reservation) |
2 |
2 |
| Health Care Services |
3 |
4 |
| Architecture & Engineering |
4 |
5 |
| Scientific Research & Development |
5 |
6 |
| Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Mfg. |
6 |
3 |
| Agriculture & Food Products |
7 |
7 |
| Nonstore retailers (sales of merchandise in venues other than stores. Example: Sodexho) |
8 |
10 |
| Cattle Farms |
9 |
8 |
| Rail Transport |
10 |
9 |
| Gambling & Recreation |
11 |
11 |
| Grain Farms |
12 |
12 |
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| Spokane Area Workforce Development Area - Region 12 |
| Cluster or Industry |
Workforce Rank |
Overall Rank |
| High Tech Manufacturing (includes computers, computer peripherals, instrumentation and electrical devices) |
1 |
2 |
| Health Care Services |
2 |
4 |
| Construction |
3 |
6 |
| Prof. & Technical Services |
4 |
1 |
| Metal & Machinery Manufacturing |
5 |
3 |
| Sheet Metal & Metal Bldgs |
6 |
7 |
| Federal Electric Power Services |
7 |
5 |
| Concrete Products Mfg. |
8 |
8 |
| Wood Kitchen Cabinet mfg. |
9 |
11 |
| Business Support Services |
10 |
9 |
| Travel Trailer & Camper Mfg. |
11 |
10 |
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