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2008 Budget Book - Kitsap County Government

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General Information and Economic Indicators<br />

Employer<br />

Table 5<br />

MAJOR EMPLOYERS<br />

Product/Business<br />

October 2007<br />

Employment<br />

Naval Base <strong>Kitsap</strong> Naval Base 14,600<br />

Harrison Memorial Hospital Health Care 1,972<br />

Central <strong>Kitsap</strong> School District Education 1,601<br />

<strong>Kitsap</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Government</strong> 1,243<br />

South <strong>Kitsap</strong> School District Education 1,203<br />

Olympic College Education 1,497<br />

North <strong>Kitsap</strong> School District Education 1,025<br />

Walmart Retail 1,007<br />

Port Madison Enterprises Tribe 782<br />

Bremerton School District Education 730<br />

TeleTech Holdings, Inc. Communications 702<br />

Safeway Inc. Retail Grocery 687<br />

Bainbridge School District Education 529<br />

Laurier Etrprse (McDonald’s) Restaurant 495<br />

Doctor’s Clinic Health Care 470<br />

Albertson’s Retail Grocery 450<br />

City of Bremerton City <strong>Government</strong> 398<br />

Ostrom Management Health Care/Assisted Living 378<br />

Crista Ministries Religion 372<br />

<strong>Kitsap</strong> Transit Transportation 371<br />

Lockeed Martin Defense Contractor 366<br />

<strong>Kitsap</strong> Mental Health Services Health Care 365<br />

Haselwood Auto Group Auto Dealership 362<br />

Martha and Mary Health/Children/Independent Living 354<br />

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Does not include active duty military employees.<br />

Source: Washington State Employment Security<br />

<strong>Kitsap</strong> Economic Development Council (www.kitsapedc.org)<br />

NAVAL INSTALLATIONS<br />

The Department of Defense installations in the <strong>County</strong> have a significant impact on the <strong>County</strong>’s economy. The<br />

Puget Sound region remains home to the third-largest concentration of U.S. naval bases in the nation. It is<br />

estimated that 55% of al economic activity in <strong>Kitsap</strong> <strong>County</strong> is directly or indirectly linked to the Navy presence.<br />

.<br />

Naval Base <strong>Kitsap</strong> includes Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Submarine Base Bangor, and Keyport. Currently<br />

there are three ships and eleven submarines that call <strong>Kitsap</strong> their home. Puget Sound is the U.S. Navy’s third<br />

largest fleet concentration area. The Department of the Navy spends about $2.8 billion annually in the region,<br />

which is home to approximately 31,000 active duty members, 16,000 civilian employees, 6,000 drilling<br />

reservists, 42,000 family members, and 55,000 Navy retirees<br />

The U.S. Navy is planning to relocate the Fox Island Laboratory in Pierce <strong>County</strong>, Washington to Naval Base<br />

<strong>Kitsap</strong>, Bangor in <strong>Kitsap</strong> <strong>County</strong>, Washington, as part of the consolidation of Naval Surface Warfare Center,<br />

Carderock, and Detachment Bremerton. The move is expected to be complete by summer 2007.<br />

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