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What is Washington’s average wage? How does it compare nationally?

April 26, 2017average compare nationally Wage Washington

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What is Washington’s average wage? How does it compare nationally?

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A. Employment Security (ESD) tracks average wages in two ways. One formula is prescribed in state law (RCW 50.04.35) and excludes some types of employers, such as federal government. This formula is used by Employment Security to compute unemployment benefits and taxes, and by the Department of Labor & Industries to compute workers’ compensation benefits. Based on this method, the average annual wage in Washington in 2007 was $44,721; the average weekly was was $860. The second method is established by the federal government and, thus, can be compared to other states. Based on this method, the annual average wage in Washington in 2008 was $46,559, the 12th-highest in the nation. The average weekly wage was $895.