Washington's biopharmaceutical companies research and develop new treatments and cures that improve patient health while also contributing to U.S. economic health. These companies employ highly skilled union construction workers to build state-of-the-art research and manufacturing facilities to ensure infrastructure is built to exacting standards.

Construction Employment

Union Labor & Earnings, 2015-20

Pharmaceutical & Biotech

899,817

Labor Hours Demanded

(14 trades, installation, and maintenance)

362,665

Union Labor Hours (est)

(State union% in non-residential = 40.3%)

$13

million

Total Union Earnings (est.)

(Union hours times average wage)

Washington Construction Labor Hours by Trade

Pharmaceutical & Biotech, 2015-20

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7,891

Installation

3,179

Maintenance

11,070

Total hours

Largest Construction Projects

Pharmaceutical & Biotech Manufacturing, 2015-20

Just Evotec Biologics, Inc.

401 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, USA

Redmond Grassroot Bulk Biologics Single Use CMO Plant

Redmond, WA

$85,000,000

2019-21

Lyell Immunopharma Incorporated

2525 223rd St SE, Bothell, WA 98021, USA

Bothell Brownfield Immune Cell Therapy Plant

Bothell, WA

$65,000,000

2020-2021

Selkirk Pharma

827 West 1st Avenue, Spokane, WA, USA

Spokane Grassroot Sterile Injectable Fill-Finish CMO Plant

Spokane, WA

$30,000,000

2020-2021

AGC Biologics Incorporated

22021 20th Ave SE, Bothell, WA 98021, USA

Bothell Biologics, Antibodies & Proteins R&D Plant Renovation and Upfit

Bothell, WA

$20,000,000

2019-2021

Juno Therapeutics Incorporated

Bothell Cell-Based Cancer Immunotherapies Plant Addition

Bothell, WA

$10,000,000

2015-2016

Seagen Incoporated

21717 30th Dr SE, Bothell, WA 98021, USA

Bothell Cancer Antibodies R&D Laboratory Building 5 Expansion

Bothell, WA

$10,000,000

2016-2017

Seagen Incoporated

21717 30th Dr SE, Bothell, WA 98021, USA

Bothell Cancer Antibodies R&D Laboratory Building 6 Expansion

Bothell, WA

$10,000,000

2018-2019

AGC Biologics Incorporated

22021 20th Ave SE, Bothell, WA 98021, USA

Bothell APIs & Bulk Biologics, Antibodies & Proteins CMO Capacity Expansion

Bothell, WA

$9,000,000

2020-2021

Just Evotec Biologics, Inc.

Redmond Grassroot Bulk Biologics Single Use CMO Plant

Redmond, WA

Location

$85,000,000

Project Value

2019-21

Years

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You may be surprised by the connection between Washington's biopharmaceutical industry and union labor. A new study finds that from 2015-2020 America’s biopharmaceutical companies invested $445 million in infrastructure in the state, supporting more than 362,000 union labor hours. View Washington's labor-industry profile here: https://bit.ly/2zM930a

Washington's pharmaceutical companies and the building trades unions have a surprising relationship - a new study finds that from 2015-2020 biopharmaceutical companies invested $445 million in infrastructure in the state, supporting more than 362,000 union labor hours. View Washington's labor-industry profile here: https://bit.ly/2zM930a