Editing Washington, Illinois (section)

==Employment==
{{As of|2000}}, 66.8% of people aged 16 and over were employed in the civilian labor force, 2.8% were "unemployed" in the civilian work force, 0.1% were in the [[armed forces]], and 30.3% were not in the labor force. Average travel time to work for Washington residents was 21.5 min.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US1779033&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_DP3&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-_lang=en&-_sse=on |title=DP-3. Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000: Washington city, Illinois |work=[[American FactFinder]] |publisher=[[United States Census]] |access-date=2008-07-24 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212044310/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US1779033&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_DP3&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-_lang=en&-_sse=on |archive-date=2020-02-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Washington [[Chamber of Commerce]] lists the following information about employers:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtoncoc.com/WED/CP-Employers.html |title=Washington Community Profile |publisher=Washington Chamber of Commerce |date=2008-02-15 |access-date=2008-07-24 }}</ref>

;Employment by occupation category
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Category || percentage
|-
| Management and professional || align=right|38.3%
|-
| Service || align=right|13.3%
|-
| Sales and office || align=right|27.5%
|-
| Farming, fishing, and forestry || align=right|0.1%
|-
| Construction, extraction, and maintenance || align=right|8.1%
|-
| Production, transportation, and material moving || align=right|12.8%
|}

;Employers - Manufacturers and distributor
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Company name || Business type || Approx.<br/>employees
|-
| Illinois Valley Plastics || molded components || align=right|100
|-
| BTD Manufacturing || metal fabrication || align=right|70
|-
| American Allied Railway Equipment || rail wheels and brakes || align=right|66
|-
| WICC, Ltd. || electrical components || align=right|41
|-
| RP Short Run || printing and graphics || align=right|36
|-
| Global Fire Equipment/MES || fire trucks, apparatus || align=right|36
|-
| Akron Brass || fire fighting equipment || align=right|26
|}

;Employers - Retailers
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Company name || Business type || Approx.<br/>employees
|-
| [[Wal-Mart Supercenter]] || general merchandise || align=right|340
|-
| Uftring [[Chevrolet]] || automobile sales and service || align=right|105
|-
| [[Kroger]] || grocer || align=right|90
|-
| Lindy's Downtown Market || grocer || align=right|54
|}

;Employers - Services and institutions
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Organization || Business type || Approx.<br/>employees
|-
| Washington school districts (combined) || education || align=right|425
|-
| Washington Christian Village || elderly care || align=right|125
|-
| City of Washington || local government || align=right|80
|-
| Washington Park District || parks and recreation entity || align=right|76
|}