Businesses Now Carry 68% of Seattle’s $2.8B Tax Bill as City Sheds 24,000 Jobs, DSA-Chamber Study Finds

A new ECOnorthwest analysis commissioned by the Downtown Seattle Association and the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce finds the city’s tax collections have roughly tripled since 2013 while its employment base has started to shrink, leaving fewer than 20 companies behind about $356 million in annual city revenue.