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title: "Average Salary in Washington"
description: "Mean $83,330, median $62,990 in Washington (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/washington"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Washington

Mean annual wage $83,330, median $62,990 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $58,860 (rank 5 of 51 by that measure; rank 3 nominal).

| Percentile | Washington | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $38,670 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $47,020 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $62,990 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $101,710 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $153,630 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 107.0 |
| Housing (rents) | 126.0 |
| Goods | 104.4 |
| Utilities | 92.9 |
| Other services | 103.9 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $159,990 | 181,480 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $136,830 | 239,720 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $112,400 | 78,360 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $108,780 | 192,470 |
| Legal | $107,090 | 26,640 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $98,030 | 295,720 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $94,160 | 46,720 |
| Construction and Extraction | $75,500 | 167,890 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $69,090 | 133,880 |
| Community and Social Service | $67,650 | 68,110 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $66,420 | 199,230 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $64,850 | 46,490 |
| Protective Service | $62,090 | 77,850 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $56,660 | 372,400 |
| Production | $55,380 | 159,640 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $50,500 | 298,930 |
| Healthcare Support | $48,400 | 188,800 |
| Sales | $47,510 | 294,020 |
| Personal Care and Service | $47,150 | 69,570 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $45,760 | 96,610 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $44,590 | 294,700 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $40,330 | 21,740 |

## Most common jobs

- [Software Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/software-developer): 107,030 workers
- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 94,710 workers
- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 84,850 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 69,260 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 61,050 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 57,370 workers
- [Business Continuity Planner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/business-continuity-planner): 51,650 workers
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): 50,630 workers
- [Laborer and Freight, Stock, and Material Mover, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/laborer-and-freight-stock-and-material-mover-hand): 49,450 workers
- [Office Clerk, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/office-clerk-general): 49,050 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Anesthesiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/anesthesiologist): $499,990 median
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $340,010 median
- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $339,810 median
- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $307,170 median
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $292,900 median
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $274,390 median
- [Airline Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/airline-pilot): $229,900 median
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $209,370 median
- [Computer and Information Research Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-and-information-research-scientist): $202,400 median
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $189,680 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Avionics Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/avionics-technician): 7.91x the national share
- [Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologist and Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/aerospace-engineering-and-operations-technologist-and-technician): 6.18x the national share
- [Aircraft Structure, Surface, Rigging, and Systems Assembler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/aircraft-structure-surface-rigging-and-systems-assembler): 5.51x the national share
- [Taper](https://nuecareer.com/careers/taper): 5.30x the national share
- [Grader and Sorter, Agricultural Products](https://nuecareer.com/careers/grader-and-sorter-agricultural-products): 4.93x the national share
- [Web Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/web-designer): 4.47x the national share
- [Statistician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/statistician): 4.47x the national share
- [Wildlife Biologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/wildlife-biologist): 4.44x the national share
- [Nuclear Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nuclear-engineer): 3.97x the national share
- [Aerospace Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/aerospace-engineer): 3.73x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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