# Counties in Washington by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 39 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/washington-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | King County | 203,656.4 |
| 2 | Pierce County | 27,836.9 |
| 3 | Snohomish County | 25,667.8 |
| 4 | Spokane County | 17,692 |
| 5 | Clark County | 14,379.6 |
| 6 | Thurston County | 9,972.2 |
| 7 | Kitsap County | 7,646.9 |
| 8 | Benton County | 7,482 |
| 9 | Whatcom County | 6,648.1 |
| 10 | Yakima County | 6,598.6 |
| 11 | Skagit County | 3,822.3 |
| 12 | Grant County | 3,008.6 |
| 13 | Cowlitz County | 2,988.5 |
| 14 | Chelan County | 2,789.4 |
| 15 | Franklin County | 2,390.6 |
| 16 | Island County | 1,845.5 |
| 17 | Walla Walla County | 1,781 |
| 18 | Lewis County | 1,752.7 |
| 19 | Clallam County | 1,536.7 |
| 20 | Grays Harbor County | 1,468.3 |
| 21 | Whitman County | 1,345.8 |
| 22 | Kittitas County | 1,011.1 |
| 23 | Mason County | 935.5 |
| 24 | Okanogan County | 911.2 |
| 25 | Douglas County | 715.3 |
| 26 | Stevens County | 680.3 |
| 27 | Jefferson County | 589.4 |
| 28 | Klickitat County | 524.5 |
| 29 | Adams County | 499.4 |
| 30 | Asotin County | 403.5 |
| 31 | San Juan County | 370.2 |
| 32 | Pacific County | 369.9 |
| 33 | Pend Oreille County | 219.6 |
| 34 | Lincoln County | 168.5 |
| 35 | Skamania County | 134.6 |
| 36 | Columbia County | 114.3 |
| 37 | Ferry County | 97.9 |
| 38 | Garfield County | 43.6 |
| 39 | Wahkiakum County | 37.7 |