How much have wages increased over the last year in Washington?
I couldn't find a clean one-year figure for Washington, so I won't give you a percentage I can't back up.
What I did find: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists Washington's average private hourly earnings at $43.80 for September 2026, not seasonally adjusted (BLS state table). I didn't find the September 2025 number in the same table, so the year-over-year change is still missing.
For the trend, the Washington Employment Security Department publishes average wages annually. Its most recent figure I saw was $95,160 for 2024, 6.8% above 2023, which is an older year. Two things to keep in mind when you compare numbers: an average can rise because high earners are added to the mix, even when a typical worker's pay barely moves, and a job-posting site's salary estimate isn't a measure of wage growth.
If you want the cleanest answer, compare the same month across two years in BLS's "Current Employment Statistics" data for Washington. That gives the average change, and a separate measure, the Employment Cost Index, shows how wages and benefits moved for similar jobs.
🕒 As of November 2026
