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Washington and U.S. per capita personal income

Year Washington U.S.
2021 $71,889 $63,444
2020 $69,497 $61,436
2019 $66,022 $58,567
2018 $64,185 $57,400
2017 $62,361 $56,361
2016 $60,920 $55,035
2015 $59,474 $54,591
2014 $57,143 $52,649
2013 $54,551 $51,064
2012 $54,669 $51,466
2011 $52,046 $50,306
2010 $51,098 $49,089
2009 $51,083 $48,338
2008 $54,187 $50,249
2007 $53,997 $50,295
2006 $51,771 $49,305
2005 $49,026 $47,698
2004 $49,770 $46,900
2003 $48,026 $45,872
2002 $47,545 $45,580
2001 $47,984 $45,856

Inflation-adjusted to 2021 dollars

1980-2021

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  • Personal income includes all income earned by Washington households, including wages, self-employment income, interest, dividends, rent, social security, and other transfer payments.
  • Washington per capita personal income has been higher than that of the United States overall in almost every year since 1980.
  • Income from stock options and software industry wages helped boost Washington's per capita income in the late 1990s.
  • In the fourth quarter of 2004 Microsoft paid a dividend of $3 per share, which increased the growth rate of Washington's personal income in 2004 by three percentage points above what it would have been without the dividend.
  • In 2021, Washington state ranked 7th among the states in per capita personal income.

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E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov

Last updated
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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