Budget

Highlights of Gov. Inslee's proposed 2022 budget

Washington’s COVID-19 health crisis will soon enter its third year, and the pandemic continues to strain our schools, health care systems and some sectors of our economy. Overall, however, our economy has held up well and state revenue collections have grown steadily. Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing adjustments to the current two-year budget to help ensure we emerge from the pandemic stronger than ever.

Budget highlights

All budget & policy highlights [7MB]

Overview

Economic and revenue outlook

Balance sheet and timeline

Homelessness

Poverty

Human services - operating and capital

Education - operating and capital

Climate

Salmon

Natural resources - operating and capital

General government - operating and capital

Transportation

Employee compensation

Budget summary table - operating

Budget charts and graphics

Chart showing the annual percentage change of real per-capita state revenue. The chart shows negative amounts 2008-2010, the positive amounts mostly since then. Change peaks in 2021, with 10%.

Annual percentage change of real per-capita state revenue

Chart shows two bars, representing greenhouse gas emissions in Washington. The left bar shows 99.6 million metric tons of emissions in 2018. The right bar shows emissions reductions required (43.5MMT already enacted, 56.1MMT required by 2050)

Required emissions reductions to reach net zero by 2050

Chart showing 3 lines of salmon harvest - Chinook, Coho, Chum. Chum has risen slithly since the 1970, while Coho has declined dramatically, and Chinook has declined by half

Salmon harvest trends

Map of Washington showing varying levels of poverty by county. Higher levels of poverty in parts of Eastern Washington, with the lowest levels in King and Snohomish Counties

Levels of poverty by county

Bar chart showing the disproportionate distribution of poverty in Washington. While white populations account for the largest number of individuals, proportionately, poverty is experienced at much higher rates in historically excluded communities.

Poverty - racial and ethnic disparities

Chart showing 3 bars. First bar shows 4609 existing permanent supportive housing units. Second bar shows 7309 units under the current enacted capital budget. THird bar shows the total of units rising to 9895 under gov's 2022 supplemental budget proposal

Permanent supportive housing

Tags

2022 supplemental budget