What is the average Washington state salary?

According to official Washington state government data, the average state salary as of 2013 is approximately $53,334, which is a slight drop from the 2012 average Washington state salary of $53,615. The average Washington state salary is higher compared to the United States' 2013 average national salary of $50,012.

Washington's average salary in 2013 places it 10th in terms of average wages by state. Washington's average state salary saw a period of fast growth during the mid-to-late 1990s, though it then became stagnant between 2000 and 2005 due to the economic crash caused by the end of the dot-com bubble.