State & Local Taxes Per $1,000 Personal Income
- Between 1994-95 and 2001-02 Washington's rank among the 50 states in state and local taxes per $1,000 personal income fell from 11th to 32nd. In 2004-05, Washington's rank was 37th.
- In 2000, Washington's state and local taxes per $1,000 of personal income dipped below the average of all the states for the first time since 1985.
- A combination of higher-than-average personal income growth, a state spending limit holding down expenditures, and tax cuts through the legislative and initiative processes, pushed taxes down beginning in 1995.
- State comparisons of state & local taxes relative to personal income are available from the Washington Department of Revenue's Comparative State and Local Taxes.
Data Sources:
- U.S. Census Bureau: State and Local Government Finances
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (personal income)
Last modified: May 21, 2007
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov
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