Department of Ecology

Last Updated: 10/08/2025

Budgeted Operating Expenditures

Dollars in Thousands

Does Not Include Higher Education Tuition and Fee Accounts)

Fiscal Year 2026 through September 2025

Department of Ecology Fiscal Year 2026 Actual Fiscal Year Total Estimate Fiscal Year to Date Actual Balance

Staffing
Total Full Time Equivalent Staff Years 1,981 2,295 1,981 313
Statewide Totals 1,981 2,295 1,981 313

Programs
Administration 9,317 33,305 9,317 23,988
Air Quality 2,561 43,201 2,561 40,640
Central Programs 1,849 37,643 1,849 35,794
Environmental Assessment 3,314 29,731 3,314 26,416
Shorelands & Environmental Assistance 6,323 95,121 6,323 88,798
Water Quality 7,396 79,478 7,396 72,082
Water Resources 3,440 36,269 3,440 32,829
Toxics Cleanup 4,524 41,170 4,524 36,646
Nuclear Waste 1,946 17,721 1,946 15,774
Hazardous Waste & Toxics Reduction 2,860 26,873 2,860 24,013
Solid Waste Management 2,946 49,792 2,946 46,845
Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response 2,547 20,802 2,547 18,255
Total Programs 49,026 511,106 49,026 462,081

Objects of Expenditures
Salaries and Wages 31,133 204,262 31,133 173,129
Employee Benefits 9,868 64,665 9,868 54,797
Professional Service Contracts 474 40,236 474 39,762
Goods and Other Services 4,217 67,261 4,217 63,044
Travel 520 3,553 520 3,033
Capital Outlays 96 2,201 96 2,105
Grants, Benefits & Client Services 2,808 133,873 2,808 131,064
Interagency Reimbursements (89) (4,945) (89) (4,856)
Intra-Agency Reimbursements (1) (1) 1
Total Objects of Expenditures 49,026 511,106 49,026 462,081

Source of Funds
General Fund Federal 5,033 105,560 5,033 100,527
General Fund Private/Local 1,818 19,817 1,818 17,999
General Fund State 3,492 31,956 3,492 28,464
Other Funds Non-Appropriated 85 2,449 85 2,365
Other Funds Private/Local 41 499 41 458
Other Funds State 38,556 350,825 38,556 312,269
Total Source of Funds 49,026 511,106 49,026 462,081