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• U.S. subsidiaries in Washington play a vital role in supporting jobs. They now employ 88,200 Washingtonians.
• Washington has proven to be an attractive location for international employers, ranking 20th in the United States in the number of employees supported by U.S. subsidiaries.
• In fact, the relative portion of jobs in the state supplied by U.S. subsidiaries remains significant. They provide the livelihood for nearly 4% of Washington’s private-sector workforce.

• U.S. subsidiaries support 21,400 manufacturing jobs in Washington. Manufacturing companies tend to have a strong “multiplier” effect on the economy—stimulating a substantial amount of activity and jobs in other sectors through their demand for inputs from other suppliers.
• More than 7 % of manufacturing jobs in Washington are supported by U.S. subsidiaries.
• U.S. subsidiaries’ employment in Washington is heavily concentrated in manufacturing. Nearly 25% of these jobs are in manufacturing industries.

• U.S. subsidiaries consistently support millions of American jobs. They now employ 5.3 million Americans-or 4.5% of private sector employment.
• U.S. subsidiaries support an annual payroll of $364.2billion.
• U.S. subsidiaries provide an average compensation per U.S. worker of $68,317; this is 32% higher than compensation at all U.S. companies.
• U.S. subsidiaries also spent $160 billion on plant construction and new equipment.
• U.S. subsidiaries' share of U.S. manufacturing employment represents almost 11% of American manufacturing jobs.

IKEA, a U.S. subsidiary of a Swedish furniture retailer, announced that it was buying 70 acres from the Port of Tacoma in Washington state to build a 1 million-square foot distribution center that will serve IKEA stores in Washington, Oregon, Utah and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. IKEA will invest over $30 million into the purchase of the land and the construction of the distribution center. Not only will this investment create 150 jobs in the distribution center itself, it will increase the amount of cargo going in and out of the port, creating more work for the dockworkers.