# Counties in Washington by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 39 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/washington-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | King County | 2,632 |
| 2 | Snohomish County | 1,622 |
| 3 | Thurston County | 1,466 |
| 4 | Clark County | 1,452 |
| 5 | Benton County | 1,424 |
| 6 | Pierce County | 1,423 |
| 7 | Kitsap County | 1,422 |
| 8 | Cowlitz County | 1,347 |
| 9 | Whatcom County | 1,335 |
| 10 | Spokane County | 1,326 |
| 11 | Skagit County | 1,324 |
| 12 | Whitman County | 1,317 |
| 13 | Pend Oreille County | 1,292 |
| 14 | Klickitat County | 1,286 |
| 15 | Grant County | 1,275 |
| 16 | Island County | 1,246 |
| 17 | Garfield County | 1,198 |
| 18 | Jefferson County | 1,197 |
| 19 | Columbia County | 1,195 |
| 20 | Mason County | 1,182 |
| 21 | Lewis County | 1,171 |
| 22 | Grays Harbor County | 1,154 |
| 23 | Chelan County | 1,144 |
| 24 | Skamania County | 1,141 |
| 25 | Franklin County | 1,139 |
| 26 | Walla Walla County | 1,137 |
| 27 | Clallam County | 1,116 |
| 28 | Kittitas County | 1,104 |
| 29 | Asotin County | 1,102 |
| 30 | Lincoln County | 1,082 |
| 31 | San Juan County | 1,075 |
| 32 | Stevens County | 1,072 |
| 33 | Ferry County | 1,062 |
| 34 | Adams County | 1,060 |
| 35 | Douglas County | 1,045 |
| 36 | Yakima County | 1,033 |
| 37 | Pacific County | 999 |
| 38 | Okanogan County | 971 |
| 39 | Wahkiakum County | 932 |