Seattle babban birni ne da ke cike da manyan kamfanoni da manyan kamfanoni. Yawancin kamfanonin Fortune 500 suna zaune a cikin Emerald City, suna aiki da kasuwa mai kyau na kasuwa da kuma kiran sababbin mazauna su koma garin - saboda haka Seattle dukiya shi ne daya daga cikin kasuwa mafi girma a kasar a shekara ta 2017.
Amma waɗanne ne masu amfani da yankin Seattle? Yayinda kamfanonin Fortune 500 ke nunawa, ba su ne kawai ba a saman.
Kamfanonin da aka dogara da su da suka kasance kamar wani yanki na gari (Washington Mutual, Seattle PI) sun ɓace. Sauran sun fashe daga wani wuri (kamar Microsoft da kuma Harsuna shekaru 20 da suka wuce). Zai yiwu watakila gogaggen gobe na gaba gogewa a cikin ofishin na uku na Belltown a yanzu, ko kuma a cikin wani gidan kasuwa a Renton.
Amma a wannan lokacin, manyan ma'aikata a Seattle sune manyan kamfanonin da ake kira sunayensu a duk duniya.
Babban ma'aikata a yankin Seattle:
Boeing - kimanin ma'aikata 80,000
Tare da Boeing da aka sani ga wasu lokuta yana tafiya ta hanyar layoffs na taro, yana da sauki a manta cewa har yanzu suna da nisa da kuma barin ma'aikata mai zaman kansa mafi girma a jihar da kimanin mutane 80,000 a yankin (kuma fiye da 165,000 a dukan duniya). Yayin da Seattle ba shi da Jet City na farko, wanda yake dogara ne a kan jirgin sama (kuma yana godewa), Boeing har yanzu yana da muhimmin ɓangare na muhallin tattalin arziki da al'umma.
Kuma duk da cewa wani aiki na Boeing ba zai iya ba da tsaro ga jariri ba, to amma har yanzu yana da kyakkyawan aiki a gari tare da wadata mai kyau da biya.
Base Joint Lewis-McChord - kimanin 56,000 ma'aikata
Yankin Seattle yana da manyan rundunonin soja, musamman saboda JBLM dake kimanin sa'a daya a kudancin Seattle, a kudancin Tacoma.
Tare da ma'aikatan soja da ma'aikata farar hula 45,000 da ke aiki a kan tushe da kuma sauran masu aiki, JBLM yana da tasirin gaske a kan yanayin aikin nasu na gida (kuma ayyukan suna ba da amfani mai mahimmanci).
Microsoft - game da ma'aikata 42,000
Kodayake kamfanin ya kafa kamfanin New Mexico, Bill Gates ya motsa kamfanin ya koma gidansa a yankin Puget Sound, kuma ya kaddamar da babbar fasaha ta Seattle, wanda har yanzu ke tsara yankin a yau. Microsoft ya kasance babban karfi da tattalin arziki a yankin. Har sai mutane su daina sayen PCs, sa ran cewa Microsoft zai ci gaba da ci gaba.
Jami'ar Washington - kimanin mutane 25,000
Tare da mafi girma a sansanin a Seattle da kuma wasu manyan makarantu biyu a Bothell da Tacoma, Jami'ar Washington na da babbar mahimmanci a wasan kwaikwayo na Washington State. Ƙungiyar UW ta kasa a matsayin babbar jami'ar bincike shi ne ainihin abin da magajin Senators Scoop Jackson da Warren Magnuson suka yi, wanda a cikin 'yan shekarun 60 da 70 suka sami babbar kyautar zuba jarurruka ta tarayya a makarantar. A yau, an dauke shi daya daga cikin darasin ilimin digiri na farko a Amurka, kuma yana ci gaba da kasancewa a matsayin likita, doka da kuma kasuwancin kasuwanci har ma da dama masu lashe kyautar Nobel.
Amazon - kimanin ma'aikata 25,000
Babu kamfani da yawa a cikin '90s don tura kasuwancin yanar gizo a cikin al'amuran Amurka, yana nuna cewa kwarewa zai iya zama lafiya, azumi da maras tsada. Mafi mahimmanci ga Seattle, Amazon ya gina wani tsari mai karfi da ya tsira daga cikin kumfa-com kumfa a ƙarshen wannan shekarun, kuma ya bunƙasa duk da yawan karuwar farashi a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. Tare da sababbin gine-gine a Kudancin Lake Union, Amazon ya yi amfani da shi a matsayin mai aiki kuma a gaskiya shi ne babban ma'aikata a garin. Amazon kuma yana da cibiyoyin cikawa (shipping) a ko'ina cikin yankin Seattle-Tacoma a garuruwan kamar Renton da Dupont don haka ana baza aikin yi a cikin waɗannan.
Providence Health & Services - kimanin 20,000 ma'aikata
Providence shine tsarin kiwon lafiya na uku mafi girma a Amurka tare da kasancewarsa a Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon da Washington.
Providence yana da girma a yankin Seattle tare da Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya na Sweden a Seattle da kuma Providence Regional Medical Center a Everett, da kuma ɗakin makarantar 15-acre a Renton, a kudancin Seattle.
Walmart - kimanin 20,000 ma'aikata
Walmart ya zama babban mai aiki a yawancin yankuna kuma Arewa maso yamma ba bambanta ba ne. Yayinda yawancin yan kasuwa na Arewa maso yammacin suka fi son zaɓi na Fred-Meyer, Walmart ya sami kwarewa a yankin tare da masu sa ido da Stores a Renton, Bellevue, Tacoma, Everett, Tarayya Way da sauran yankunan Seattle. Duk da haka, tun farkon shekara ta 2016, har yanzu ba a ajiye kantin sayar da kaya ba a cikin yankunan birnin Seattle.
Weyerhaueser - kimanin ma'aikata 10,000
Matsayin da Weyerhaueser ya yi a Arewa maso Yamma ya iya wanke, kamar yadda sauran masana'antu suka girma yayin da ake saran aiki da kuma aiki na itace ya kasance mai ƙidayar, amma Weyerhaueser yana da kwanciyar hankali mafi mahimmanci. Muddin bishiyoyi sun sake dawowa kuma mutane suna sayen kayan da aka yi da itace, suna tsammanin ma'aikata na gida da aka dogara su kasancewa. Gidan hedkwatar Weyerhaueser ya kasance a cikin Filanin Tarayya daga 1971 zuwa 2016, amma tun lokacin da ya koma wurin Pioneer Square, a tsakiyar Seattle.
Fred Meyer - kimanin ma'aikata 15,000
An kafa shi a Portland, Fred Meyer ya zama sashin kaya na arewa maso yammacin Arewa, tare da shaguna masu yawa a Oregon, Idaho, Washington da Alaska, kafin haɗu da Kroger. Kamfanin Kroger ya sayi kaya da yawa a duk fadin kasar, amma ya riga ya ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin gida da kuma styles-babu wanda zai kuskure a cikin Fred Meyer don kamfanonin QFC, misali (kamfanoni Kroger). Tare da ofisoshin kamfanoni a Portland, yawancin ayyukan Fred Meyer a yankin Seattle suna sayarwa, sayarwa da kuma sauran ayyukan gine-gine.
Gwamnatin King County - kimanin ma'aikata 13,000
Daga wakilan da aka zaɓa zuwa masu gandun daji a cikin ofisoshin lasisi na gida, ma'aikatan gwamnati na King County suna taimakawa wajen tafiyar da duniya. Ayyukan da ke tare da gundumomi sun bambanta kuma sun haɗa da masu jinya, masu sharhi na kasafin kudin, injiniyoyi, masu kulawa, masu ɗakunan karatu da sauransu - kadan daga kome!
Updated by Kristin Kendle.