The Lighthouse is the largest employer of people who are blind West of the Mississippi and is the largest employer of individuals who are DeafBlind in the United States. Our employees who are blind work in every department of the organization, from production and manufacturing work to management and leadership.
What We Made
is the number of manufactured office products, defense products, and machined parts made by Lighthouse employees who are blind and DeafBlind.
This includes over one million AbilityOne Government and Military products, almost 200,000 AbilityOne Office Products, and more than 2.5 million Aerospace Machining products.
CNC Specialist Mike King
Hiring and Upward Mobility
Lighthouse Contact Center Representatives Meka White, Robert Studebaker, and Ramon Rodriguez
“I am back to doing what I love: interacting with customers daily. The difference between the customer service jobs I had previously to now is that today I have the privilege to work for an organization that puts accessibility first and that makes all the difference.”
— Meka White, Contact Center Representative, Seattle, WA
Employees Who Are Blind by Department
Pictured: A vertically stacked graph with colored bars showing the percentage of total Lighthouse employees, along with the number of employees in each department.
3.5% – 9 employees – Employee & Community Services
7.5% – 21 employees – Service Businesses, Base Supply Centers
10% – 28 employees – Admin/HR, Accounting, Communications, Production Support
29% – 81 employees – Aerospace
50% – 134 employees – Defense & Office Products
