South Sound Times

Pierce County ranked sixth among counties in Washington by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Pierce County residents was an inflation-adjusted $32,553 per year. Pierce County had 312,839 households in 2017, with a population of 845,193.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was King County. King County's median income was $40,852 per year after adjusting for inflation – $8,299 more than Pierce County. It had 851,077 households in 2017 and a population of 2,118,119.

Whitman County had the lowest annual resident income among counties in Washington, with a median income of only $16,042 per year. That was $16,511 less than the median income in Pierce County at the time. Whitman County had 17,657 households in 2017 and a population of 47,794.

The table below shows the state's counties ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	County	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	King County	40,852
2	Snohomish County	36,659
3	Thurston County	34,801
4	Kitsap County	32,997
5	Clark County	32,697
6	Pierce County	32,553
7	Island County	30,980
8	San Juan County	30,906
9	Benton County	30,751
10	Skagit County	28,909
11	Spokane County	27,277
12	Columbia County	26,881
13	Franklin County	26,730
14	Chelan County	26,669
15	Skamania County	26,661
16	Lincoln County	26,534
17	Mason County	26,511
18	Jefferson County	26,449
19	Clallam County	26,448
20	Douglas County	26,127
21	Whatcom County	26,091
22	Asotin County	26,091
23	Pend Oreille County	26,077
24	Walla Walla County	25,638
25	Cowlitz County	25,563
26	Stevens County	24,848
27	Grant County	24,565
28	Klickitat County	24,529
29	Wahkiakum County	24,381
30	Garfield County	24,250
31	Lewis County	24,249
32	Kittitas County	24,232
33	Adams County	23,907
34	Grays Harbor County	23,885
35	Yakima County	23,193
36	Okanogan County	22,635
37	Pacific County	21,676
38	Ferry County	20,761
39	Whitman County	16,042

* All values are inflation-adjusted