Editing Sultan, Washington (section)

==Economy==

{{As of|2015}}, Sultan had an estimated [[workforce]] population of 3,709 and an unemployment rate of 10.4 percent—far above the county average of 3.1 percent.<ref name="ACS">{{cite web |date=September 15, 2016 |title=Selected Economic Characteristics: Sultan, Washington |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP03/1600000US5368260 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213105546/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP03/1600000US5368260 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |work=[[American Community Survey]] |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 15, 2019}}</ref> The most common employers for Sultan residents are in the [[retail]] sector (20.9%), followed by educational and health services (15.3%), manufacturing (11.9%), and construction (7.0%).<ref name="ACS"/> Only 8.8 percent of employed residents work within Sultan city limits, while the rest commute to other areas for work. The most common commuting destinations for Sultan residents include Monroe (11.0%), Seattle (9.7%), Everett (8.2%), [[Redmond, Washington|Redmond]] (6.0%), and Bellevue (5.5%).<ref>{{cite web |title=Work Destination Report&nbsp;— Where Workers are Employed Who Live in the Selection Area&nbsp;— by Places (Cities, CDPs, etc.) |url=https://onthemap.ces.census.gov/ |publisher=United States Census Bureau |via=OnTheMap |access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref> The average one-way commute for the city's workers was approximately 38.8 minutes; 80 percent of commuters drove alone to their workplace, while 9.4 percent [[carpool]]ed and 3.6 percent used [[public transit]].<ref name="ACS"/>

Sultan businesses and employers provide approximately 1,010 jobs, and are primarily in the services and manufacturing industries.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 2008 |title=City of Sultan Comprehensive Plan |pages=27–28 |url=https://ci.sultan.wa.us/wp-content/uploads/City_Hall/City_Departments/Community_Development/Comprehensive_Plan_Drafts/2008-09-15/attachments/01_Final_Print_Copy.pdf |publisher=City of Sultan |access-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-date=2019-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043602/https://ci.sultan.wa.us/wp-content/uploads/City_Hall/City_Departments/Community_Development/Comprehensive_Plan_Drafts/2008-09-15/attachments/01_Final_Print_Copy.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The city's largest employer is the [[Sultan School District]], which provides 254 jobs.<ref>{{cite web |year=2018 |title=Top 50 Snohomish County Employers |url=https://www.economicalliancesc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/For-Web-Top-50-SnoCo-Employers-2018-update.pdf |publisher=[[Economic Alliance Snohomish County]] |access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>