Budget & Tax Analysis
Budget & Tax Analysis
The Budget and Policy Center measures how our state is doing across budget areas that include: economic security, education, and early learning. And we assess how state revenue is impacting communities and funding our policy priorities.
Most Recent
Blog Post Revenue not keeping pace with economic growth. Lawmakers need to be bold.
Blog Post Budget and revenue in our state: What’s good and what’s bad
Fact Sheet Why Washington state has such a big budget shortfall
Blog Post Lawmakers can’t cut their way to economic prosperity in Washington
Chart/Graphic Revenue in our state has not kept pace with growth and community needs
Chart/Graphic Washington state’s inequitable tax code over-relies on people with low incomes
Chart/Graphic Snapshot of how WA taxes the wealthiest much less than national average
Chart/Graphic Map: For wealthiest 1%, WA has 8th lowest tax rate in the country