Editing Redmond, Washington (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Microsoft building 17 front door.jpg|thumb|[[Microsoft]]]]
[[File:Nintendo of America Headquarters.jpg|thumb|[[Nintendo]]]]
Several companies in the [[High tech|high-tech]] industry are based in Redmond. The largest employer in the city by far is [[Microsoft]], which moved its headquarters to Redmond in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Microsoft moves to Redmond - Event - Computing History |url=https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/551/Microsoft%20moves%20to%20Redmond |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=www.computinghistory.org.uk}}</ref> As of 2012, Microsoft has over 47,000<ref>[https://www.redmond.gov/386/Microsoft-Redmond-Campus-Refresh Microsoft Redmond Campus Refresh ]. Microsoft. Retrieved on August 23, 2013.</ref> full-time employees, 45,000 contractors, and more than {{convert|8|e6ft2|e3m2|abbr=unit}} of office space in the [[Seattle]] area [[Eastside (King County, Washington)|Eastside region]], primarily in Redmond, with additional offices in [[Bellevue, WA|Bellevue]] and [[Issaquah]] (90,000 employees worldwide). In June 2006, Microsoft purchased former [[Safeco]]'s Redmond campus at 4515–5069 154th Place NE for $220.5 million.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2006/01/23/64450.htm | title=Microsoft To Buy Safeco Office Campus | work=Insurance Journal | date=January 23, 2006}}</ref>

Other companies with headquarters in Redmond include [[Nintendo of America]], [[Genie (Terex)|Genie Industries]] (now part of [[Terex]]), [[Physio-Control]] (now part of [[Stryker Corporation|Stryker]]), Visible.net, [[WildTangent]], Solstice (acquired by [[Samsung]]) and [[Data I/O]].{{Citation needed | date=December 2021}} {{as of|2023}}, approximately 89&nbsp;percent of employees for Redmond companies commute from outside the city.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lindblom |first=Mike |date=January 26, 2024 |title=New walk-bike bridge debugs access to Microsoft and light rail |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/new-walk-bike-bridge-debugs-access-to-microsoft-and-light-rail/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=January 26, 2024}}</ref>

In 2015, [[SpaceX]] opened a [[Starlink]] satellite development facility in Redmond.<ref name="GeekWire">{{cite web | url=http://www.geekwire.com/2015/spacexs-new-seattle-area-office-redmond-elon-musk-visit-region-week/ | website=GeekWire | date=January 13, 2015|title = SpaceX's new Seattle-area office is in Redmond; Elon Musk to visit region this week|last = Bishop|first= Todd}}</ref><ref name="SpaceNews">{{citation| title=SpaceX opening Seattle plant to build 4,000 broadband satellites|url=http://spacenews.com/spacex-opening-seattle-plant-to-build-4000-broadband-satellites/ | work=Space News |date=January 19, 2015 | access-date=January 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Boyle |first=Alan |date=2017-01-27 |title=SpaceX adds a big new lab to its satellite development operation in Seattle area |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2017/spacex-lab-satellite-development-redmond/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=GeekWire |language=en-US}}</ref>

Unlike [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]] and other neighboring cities, the city of Redmond does not have a business and occupation tax on income.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.redmond.wa.us/business/BusinessLicensing/FAQs/|title=Business Licensing FAQs|publisher=City of Redmond|access-date=April 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412082800/http://www.ci.redmond.wa.us/business/BusinessLicensing/FAQs/|archive-date=April 12, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, to help offset the costs of road improvements for businesses, a business license fee of $55 per employee was approved in 1996. {{As of|2024}}, the fee is $141 per employee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Business Licensing {{!}} Redmond, WA |url=https://www.redmond.gov/230/Business-Licensing |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=www.redmond.gov}}</ref>

===Top employers===
According to Redmond's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports, the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="text-align: center"
|-
! style="text-align: left;" rowspan=2 | Employer
! colspan=2 | '''2021'''<ref>{{cite web |author=City of Redmond, Washington |url=https://www.redmond.gov/DocumentCenter/View/26833/2021-ACFR-FINAL-AUDITED-12-27-2022-Statements |title=Comprehensive annual financial report |publisher=redmond.gov |page=148 |date=December 31, 2021}}</ref>
! colspan=2 | 2020<ref>{{cite web |author=City of Redmond, Washington |url=https://www.redmond.gov/DocumentCenter/View/20573/FINAL-FY2020-ACFR-6-30-2021-211PM-1 |title=Comprehensive annual financial report |publisher=redmond.gov |page=141 |date=December 31, 2020}}</ref>
! colspan=2 | 2019<ref>{{cite web |author=City of Redmond, Washington |url=https://www.redmond.gov/DocumentCenter/View/16204/CAFR-2019-Final-Revised-July-29-2020-FINAL |title=Comprehensive annual financial report |publisher=redmond.gov |page=138 |date=December 31, 2019}}</ref>
! colspan=2 | 2018<ref>{{cite web |author=City of Redmond, Washington |url=https://www.redmond.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8992/2018-CAFR---COMPLETE-DOCUMENT-PDF |title=Comprehensive annual financial report |publisher=redmond.gov |page=141 |date=December 31, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! '''Rank'''
! '''# of Employees'''
! Rank
! # of Employees
! Rank
! # of Employees
! Rank
! # of Employees
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Microsoft]] Corporation
| '''1'''
| '''44,782'''
| 1
| 40,646
| 1
| 38,026
| 1
| 37,305
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Meta Platforms, Inc.]] ([[Facebook]])
| '''2'''
| '''1,434'''
| 3
| 1,317
| 10
| 575
| –
| –
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Lake Washington School District]]
| '''3'''
| '''1,422'''
| 4
| 1,294
| 3
| 1,718
| 4
| 1,328
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Eurest]] Dining Services @ Microsoft
| '''4'''
| '''1,157'''
| 5
| 1,269
| 4
| 1,071
| 3
| 1,372
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Nintendo of America]]
| '''5'''
| '''1,097'''
| 6
| 877
| 6
| 873
| 5
| 1,004
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[CBRE Group|CBRE]], Inc.
| '''6'''
| '''814'''
| 8
| 725
| –
| –
| 10
| 559
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | City of Redmond
| '''7'''
| '''708'''
| 9
| 713
| 9
| 658
| 7
| 757
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[United Parcel Service]]
| '''8'''
| '''675'''
| 10
| 636
| 7
| 755
| 8
| 755
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Terex]], formerly [[Genie Industries]]
| '''9'''
| '''668'''
| 2
| 2,282
| 2
| 2,044
| 2
| 2,044
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Honeywell]] International, Inc.
| '''10'''
| '''643'''
| 7
| 748
| 5
| 923
| 6
| 923
|}

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed wide"
!colspan=3| Largest employers in 2015 <ref>{{cite web |author=City of Redmond, Washington |url=http://www.redmond.gov/common/pages/UserFile.aspx?fileId=186876 |title=Comprehensive annual financial report |publisher=redmond.gov |page=138 |date=December 31, 2015 |access-date=September 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924021714/http://www.redmond.gov/common/pages/UserFile.aspx?fileId=186876 |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
| [[Microsoft]]
|34,358
|-
|2
| [[Terex]] / Formerly [[Genie Industries]]
|2,656
|-
|3
| [[Eurest]] Dining Services @ Microsoft
|1,041
|-
|4
| [[Nintendo of America]]
|945
|-
|5
| [[AT&T Mobility]]
|831
|-
|6
| [[Lake Washington School District]]
|818
|-
|7
| [[United Parcel Service]]
|757
|-
|8
| [[Physio-Control]]
|706
|-
|9
| [[Honeywell]]
|677
|-
|10
| [[Aerojet Rocketdyne]]
|530
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed wide"
!colspan=3| Largest employers in 2010<ref name = finrep141>{{cite web |author=City of Redmond, Washington |url=http://www.redmond.gov/common/pages/UserFile.aspx?fileId=53438 |title=Comprehensive annual financial report |publisher=redmond.gov |page=141 |date=December 31, 2010 |access-date=September 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924020447/http://www.redmond.gov/common/pages/UserFile.aspx?fileId=53438 |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
| [[Microsoft]] (includes MSNBC)
|31,981
|-
|2
| [[AT&T Mobility]]
|1,302
|-
|3
| [[Genie Industries]]
|1,191
|-
|4
| [[Lake Washington School District]]
|990
|-
|5
| [[Volt Technical Resources]]
|964
|-
|6
| [[Nintendo of America]]
|796
|-
|7
| [[Honeywell]]
|727
|-
|8
| [[Eurest]]
|678
|-
|9
| [[United Parcel Service]]
|600
|-
|10
| [[Physio-Control]]
|559
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed wide"
!colspan=3| Largest employers in 2005<ref name = finrep141/>
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
| [[Microsoft]] (includes MSNBC)
|27,855
|-
|2
| [[Genie Industries]]
|2,397
|-
|3
| [[Cingular Wireless]] (now part of AT&T)
|1,816
|-
|4
| [[Volt Technical Resources]]
|1,617
|-
|5
| [[Honeywell]]
|1,082
|-
|6
| [[Group Health Cooperative]]
|1,074
|-
|7
| [[Physio-Control]]
|956
|-
|8
| [[Safeco]]
|850
|-
|9
| [[Lake Washington School District]]
|780
|-
|10
| [[Nintendo of America]]
|723
|-
|}