Boeing on Thursday will pay out the final and largest round of this year's annual bonuses, injecting a total of $485 million pre-tax into the paychecks of local employees and the Washington state economy.
More than 59,000 employees here will get an average bonus of more than $8,000 pre-tax.
Companywide, Boeing said it has awarded $1.1 billion in bonuses to about 133,000 eligible employees across the U.S. and beyond.