Department of Ecology

Last Updated: 08/26/2025

Budgeted Operating Expenditures

Dollars in Thousands

Does Not Include Higher Education Tuition and Fee Accounts)

Fiscal Year 2025 through July 2025

Department of Ecology Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year Total Estimate Fiscal Year to Date Actual Balance

Staffing
Total Full Time Equivalent Staff Years 1,838 2,235 1,967 269
Statewide Totals 1,838 2,235 1,967 269

Programs
Administration 27,208 33,525 27,324 6,200
Air Quality 22,746 31,122 28,965 2,157
Central Programs 12,619 34,068 37,002 (2,934)
Environmental Assessment 23,833 31,797 27,022 4,775
Shorelands & Environmental Assistance 38,646 72,978 52,544 20,434
Water Quality 52,367 87,895 73,606 14,289
Water Resources 24,913 35,166 29,871 5,295
Toxics Cleanup 33,135 44,303 38,266 6,037
Nuclear Waste 14,058 17,129 14,002 3,127
Hazardous Waste & Toxics Reduction 22,862 29,607 25,167 4,440
Solid Waste Management 41,302 50,067 44,127 5,941
Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response 20,727 27,108 25,622 1,486
Total Programs 334,415 494,765 423,518 71,247

Objects of Expenditures
Salaries and Wages 162,794 191,879 177,205 14,674
Employee Benefits 55,144 66,726 59,827 6,898
Professional Service Contracts 23,696 50,882 43,907 6,974
Goods and Other Services 45,621 79,620 57,391 22,229
Travel 5,693 5,904 5,294 610
Capital Outlays 5,366 4,439 3,260 1,179
Grants, Benefits & Client Services 45,671 94,577 87,934 6,643
Debt Service 1,342 1,969 1,342 627
Interagency Reimbursements (9,654) (1,104) (11,129) 10,025
Intra-Agency Reimbursements (1,259) (126) (1,512) 1,386
Total Objects of Expenditures 334,415 494,765 423,518 71,247

Source of Funds
General Fund Federal 37,237 78,146 42,069 36,077
General Fund Private/Local 9,306 15,110 9,907 5,203
General Fund State 37,222 38,370 33,576 4,794
Other Funds Non-Appropriated 1,015 2,632 957 1,675
Other Funds Private/Local 846 427 420
Other Funds State 249,635 359,660 336,583 23,077
Total Source of Funds 334,415 494,765 423,518 71,247