Asotin County vs. Washington
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Average Earnings Per Job Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Asotin County vs. Washington
Asotin County:
2022 Avg. Earnings = $54,941
2022 Percent of State = 62.98%
Washington:
2022 Avg. Earnings = $87,240
The United States economy has generated an impressive number of jobs since the 1970s. The contrast between the nation's vigorous employment growth and the modest performance of other major industrial countries is striking. Despite this rosy track record, the real (inflation adjusted) wages and salaries of many workers have stagnated or slipped in recent years. This development has provoked concerns about the quality of new jobs. Structural shifts in the composition of employment--from high-wage goods-producing to low-wage services-related sectors--is the culprit most often cited for the deteriorating quality of jobs.
Regions vary greatly in the make-up of their labor force, in their industry composition of employment, and their economic experience. Reviewing and examining recent developments in average earnings per job in Asotin County with comparisons to Washington and the nation is an important first step in understanding the economic forces at play in Asotin County.
Discussion: Average Annual Earnings Per Job are computed by dividing BEA total industry earnings estimates by the BEA total full- and part-time jobs estimates. No convenient or adequate means exist at the county or regional level for converting the job estimates to a full-time equivalent measure. So, interpret the average earnings per job estimates with caution in consideration of the following issues:
Average earnings per job within industries involving more part-time work is lower than industries involving more full-time work, although there could be little difference in the underlying wage of full-time workers. Such differences could also prevail between counties and regions. An increase in the proportion of part-time jobs over time may erode average earnings per job estimates, although full-time earnings per worker may have remained unchanged.
As with per capita income, average earnings per job may be subject to extreme short-run variation, especially in smaller counties. Major construction projects relating to building dams, nuclear power plants, and private plant construction projects have caused extreme fluctuations in many smaller counties. Such changes typify both small and large agriculture-dependent counties owing to the extreme annual variations in farm incomes. Also, Since average earnings per job are just a simple average, it does not account for variations in the distribution of earnings among high- vs. low-wage jobs.
Asotin County Average Earnings Per Job, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars
Asotin County Average Earnings Per Job, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars
Figure 1.
Figure 1 depicts Asotin County's annual average earnings per job over 1970-2022 in current and constant (2017) dollars. Constant dollar measurements remove the effects of inflation. They allow for comparison of changes in the real purchasing power of Asotin County over time.
When measured in current dollars, Asotin County's average earnings per job increased 811.77%, from $6,026 in 1970 to $54,941 in 2022. When measured in constant 2017 dollars to adjust for inflation, it advanced 55.31%, from $30,485 in 1970 to $47,345 in 2022.
Real Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
Real Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 traces Asotin County's and Washington's annual real average earnings per job for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate real average earnings per job patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Asotin County's real average earnings per job rose from $30,678 in 1969 to $47,345 in 2022, for a net gain of $16,667, or 54.33%. In comparison, Washington's real average earnings per job advanced from $40,213 in 1969 to $75,179 in 2022, for a net advance of $34,966, or 86.95%.
Real Average Earnings Per Job Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Real Average Earnings Per Job Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 shows Asotin County's real average earnings per job growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Washington, the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's real average earnings per job in 1969 as a base figure of 100, and the real average earnings per jobs in later years as a percentage of the 1969 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in real average earnings per job growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
Asotin County's overall real average earnings per job growth was 54.33% over 1969-2022 trailed Washington's increase of 86.95%, and fell below the United States' increase of 62.26%.
Average Earnings Per Job as a Percent of the U.S. Average: 1969-2022
Average Earnings Per Job as a Percent of the U.S. Average: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Figure 4 displays the trends for average earnings per job relative to the national average by tracing Asotin County and Washington average earnings per job as a percent of the national average over 1969-2022.
In 1969, Asotin County's average earnings per job amounted to 80.69% of the national average; in 2022, it approximated 76.75%. Similarly, in 1969, Washington's average earnings per job totaled 105.77% of the national average; in 2022, it consisted of 121.87%.
Asotin County Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Asotin County Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 displays the short-run pattern of Asotin County's real average earnings per job growth by tracking the year-to-year percent change over 1970-2022. The average annual percent change for the entire 53-year period is also illustrated on this chart to provide a benchmark for gauging periods of relative high--and relative low--growth against the backdrop of the long-term average.
On average, Asotin County's real average earnings per job grew at an annual rate of 0.90% over 1970-2022. The county recorded its highest growth in 1972 (10.47%) and recorded its lowest growth in 1985 (-8.26%). In 2022, Asotin County's real average earnings per job declined by -3.17%
Asotin County Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Asotin County Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Figure 6.
Over the past five decades some counties have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 6 again shows the annual percent change in Asotin County's real average earnings per job since 1970, but this time they are displayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, Asotin County's annual real average earnings per job growth rate averaged 0.77%. It averaged -1.50% in the 1980s, 2.55% throughout the 1990s, 1.02% throughout the 2000s, 1.60% during the 2010s, 1.18% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
Real Average Earnings Per Job Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Real Average Earnings Per Job Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 7.
Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for Asotin County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Washington and the nation. As the chart reveals, Asotin County's average annual real average earnings per job growth recorded under Washington's average throughout the 1970s (0.77% vs. 1.14%), lagged Washington's average in the 1980s (-1.50% vs. -0.41%), fell below Washington's average during the 1990s (2.55% vs. 2.73%), outperformed Washington's average during the 2000s (1.02% vs. 0.43%), posted below Washington's average in the 2010s (1.60% vs. 2.15%), and recorded under Washington's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (1.18% vs. 1.28%).
Finally, relative to nationwide real average earnings per job growth trends, Asotin County fell under the nation throughout the 1970s (0.77% vs. 0.89%), posted below the nation during the 1980s (-1.50% vs. 0.71%), outperformed the nation in the 1990s (2.55% vs. 1.68%), registered above the nation throughout the 2000s (1.02% vs. 0.72%), outgained the nation during the 2010s (1.60% vs. 1.01%), and outpaced the nation over 2020-2022 (1.18% vs. -0.24%).
   
 
Real* Average Earnings Per Job Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
0.90
0.77
-1.50
2.55
1.02
1.60
1.18
-3.17
 
1.21
1.14
-0.41
2.73
0.43
2.15
1.28
-4.85
 
0.93
0.89
0.71
1.68
0.72
1.01
-0.24
-4.51
 
   

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Asotin County:
Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
5,793
0.189
30,678
100.0
N
76.29
80.69
1970
 
6,026
0.198
30,485
99.4
-0.63
75.94
79.33
1971
 
6,259
0.206
30,375
99.0
-0.36
74.40
77.24
1972
 
7,150
0.213
33,555
109.4
10.47
79.50
82.27
1973
 
8,003
0.225
35,639
116.2
6.21
82.27
85.72
1974
 
8,141
0.248
32,834
107.0
-7.87
77.35
82.00
1975
 
8,827
0.269
32,862
107.1
0.08
76.99
82.39
1976
 
8,890
0.283
31,376
102.3
-4.52
72.50
76.98
1977
 
9,300
0.302
30,819
100.5
-1.78
70.60
74.93
1978
 
10,667
0.323
33,050
107.7
7.24
73.39
79.27
1979
 
11,483
0.351
32,675
106.5
-1.13
72.66
78.82
1980
 
12,046
0.389
30,944
100.9
-5.30
70.71
76.94
1981
 
12,938
0.424
30,504
99.4
-1.42
70.00
75.81
1982
 
12,580
0.448
28,097
91.6
-7.89
65.16
69.93
1983
 
13,575
0.467
29,084
94.8
3.51
68.05
71.75
1984
 
13,505
0.484
27,881
90.9
-4.14
65.56
66.92
1985
 
12,822
0.501
25,578
83.4
-8.26
60.40
60.68
1986
 
14,207
0.512
27,739
90.4
8.45
63.98
64.35
1987
 
14,383
0.528
27,240
88.8
-1.80
63.55
62.19
1988
 
14,950
0.549
27,249
88.8
0.03
63.28
61.25
1989
 
15,882
0.573
27,736
90.4
1.79
64.30
62.38
1990
 
16,694
0.598
27,928
91.0
0.69
63.61
62.76
1991
 
18,246
0.618
29,537
96.3
5.76
65.58
66.26
1992
 
19,061
0.634
30,056
98.0
1.76
63.40
64.88
1993
 
20,864
0.650
32,098
104.6
6.80
67.42
69.31
1994
 
20,264
0.664
30,539
99.5
-4.86
65.10
65.56
1995
 
20,464
0.678
30,203
98.5
-1.10
63.86
64.75
1996
 
21,543
0.692
31,131
101.5
3.07
64.56
65.66
1997
 
22,929
0.704
32,566
106.2
4.61
65.40
67.01
1998
 
24,305
0.710
34,248
111.6
5.16
63.92
67.49
1999
 
25,540
0.720
35,471
115.6
3.57
63.02
67.65
2000
 
26,096
0.738
35,350
115.2
-0.34
61.86
65.40
2001
 
27,262
0.753
36,204
118.0
2.41
63.40
65.73
2002
 
28,912
0.763
37,898
123.5
4.68
65.49
68.18
2003
 
30,384
0.779
39,007
127.1
2.93
67.13
69.60
2004
 
31,597
0.798
39,582
129.0
1.47
67.62
69.51
2005
 
32,273
0.821
39,296
128.1
-0.72
67.25
69.18
2006
 
33,586
0.844
39,775
129.7
1.22
67.13
69.33
2007
 
33,468
0.866
38,643
126.0
-2.84
64.72
67.77
2008
 
34,348
0.892
38,520
125.6
-0.32
65.32
68.29
2009
 
34,845
0.889
39,187
127.7
1.73
66.73
69.63
2010
 
36,786
0.905
40,642
132.5
3.71
67.83
70.48
2011
 
36,955
0.928
39,820
129.8
-2.02
65.73
68.90
2012
 
38,470
0.945
40,695
132.6
2.20
65.68
69.87
2013
 
38,126
0.958
39,806
129.8
-2.18
63.46
68.28
2014
 
37,981
0.971
39,107
127.5
-1.76
61.64
66.65
2015
 
40,421
0.973
41,543
135.4
6.23
63.69
69.69
2016
 
41,859
0.983
42,589
138.8
2.52
64.33
71.58
2017
 
44,264
1.000
44,264
144.3
3.93
65.26
73.37
2018
 
46,199
1.020
45,272
147.6
2.28
64.56
74.39
2019
 
47,398
1.035
45,790
149.3
1.14
63.06
73.58
2020
 
50,546
1.046
48,307
157.5
5.50
62.35
75.02
2021
 
53,297
1.090
48,896
159.4
1.22
61.88
75.68
2022
 
54,941
1.160
47,345
154.3
-3.17
62.98
76.75
Source: Calculations by the Washington Regional Economic Analysis Project (WA-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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Washington:
Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
7,593
0.189
40,213
100.0
N
105.77
1970
 
7,934
0.198
40,141
99.8
-0.18
104.45
1971
 
8,412
0.206
40,826
101.5
1.70
103.81
1972
 
8,994
0.213
42,208
105.0
3.39
103.49
1973
 
9,727
0.225
43,318
107.7
2.63
104.18
1974
 
10,524
0.248
42,447
105.6
-2.01
106.00
1975
 
11,465
0.269
42,686
106.1
0.56
107.03
1976
 
12,262
0.283
43,277
107.6
1.39
106.17
1977
 
13,173
0.302
43,653
108.6
0.87
106.13
1978
 
14,536
0.323
45,035
112.0
3.17
108.01
1979
 
15,803
0.351
44,968
111.8
-0.15
108.48
1980
 
17,035
0.389
43,760
108.8
-2.69
108.80
1981
 
18,483
0.424
43,577
108.4
-0.42
108.30
1982
 
19,305
0.448
43,119
107.2
-1.05
107.31
1983
 
19,948
0.467
42,738
106.3
-0.89
105.43
1984
 
20,598
0.484
42,524
105.7
-0.50
102.07
1985
 
21,227
0.501
42,346
105.3
-0.42
100.46
1986
 
22,206
0.512
43,354
107.8
2.38
100.58
1987
 
22,631
0.528
42,861
106.6
-1.14
97.86
1988
 
23,624
0.549
43,059
107.1
0.46
96.79
1989
 
24,699
0.573
43,134
107.3
0.17
97.01
1990
 
26,245
0.598
43,907
109.2
1.79
98.67
1991
 
27,824
0.618
45,042
112.0
2.59
101.04
1992
 
30,067
0.634
47,410
117.9
5.26
102.35
1993
 
30,944
0.650
47,607
118.4
0.42
102.80
1994
 
31,126
0.664
46,908
116.6
-1.47
100.70
1995
 
32,047
0.678
47,300
117.6
0.83
101.40
1996
 
33,372
0.692
48,223
119.9
1.95
101.71
1997
 
35,060
0.704
49,796
123.8
3.26
102.46
1998
 
38,026
0.710
53,582
133.2
7.60
105.60
1999
 
40,527
0.720
56,287
140.0
5.05
107.35
2000
 
42,184
0.738
57,143
142.1
1.52
105.72
2001
 
42,999
0.753
57,101
142.0
-0.07
103.67
2002
 
44,148
0.763
57,868
143.9
1.34
104.11
2003
 
45,259
0.779
58,104
144.5
0.41
103.67
2004
 
46,729
0.798
58,537
145.6
0.75
102.80
2005
 
47,990
0.821
58,433
145.3
-0.18
102.88
2006
 
50,030
0.844
59,249
147.3
1.40
103.28
2007
 
51,715
0.866
59,712
148.5
0.78
104.72
2008
 
52,583
0.892
58,969
146.6
-1.24
104.54
2009
 
52,219
0.889
58,725
146.0
-0.41
104.35
2010
 
54,236
0.905
59,920
149.0
2.03
103.92
2011
 
56,220
0.928
60,579
150.6
1.10
104.82
2012
 
58,571
0.945
61,958
154.1
2.28
106.37
2013
 
60,083
0.958
62,730
156.0
1.25
107.61
2014
 
61,621
0.971
63,447
157.8
1.14
108.12
2015
 
63,464
0.973
65,225
162.2
2.80
109.41
2016
 
65,070
0.983
66,206
164.6
1.50
111.27
2017
 
67,825
1.000
67,825
168.7
2.45
112.43
2018
 
71,556
1.020
70,121
174.4
3.38
115.22
2019
 
75,162
1.035
72,611
180.6
3.55
116.68
2020
 
81,066
1.046
77,475
192.7
6.70
120.31
2021
 
86,126
1.090
79,014
196.5
1.99
122.30
2022
 
87,240
1.160
75,179
187.0
-4.85
121.87
Source: Calculations by the Washington Regional Economic Analysis Project (WA-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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United States:
Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
7,179
0.189
38,018
100.0
N
1970
 
7,596
0.198
38,430
101.1
1.08
1971
 
8,103
0.206
39,326
103.4
2.33
1972
 
8,691
0.213
40,786
107.3
3.71
1973
 
9,336
0.225
41,579
109.4
1.94
1974
 
9,928
0.248
40,044
105.3
-3.69
1975
 
10,713
0.269
39,883
104.9
-0.40
1976
 
11,549
0.283
40,761
107.2
2.20
1977
 
12,412
0.302
41,131
108.2
0.91
1978
 
13,457
0.323
41,694
109.7
1.37
1979
 
14,568
0.351
41,454
109.0
-0.58
1980
 
15,657
0.389
40,220
105.8
-2.98
1981
 
17,066
0.424
40,237
105.8
0.04
1982
 
17,989
0.448
40,181
105.7
-0.14
1983
 
18,920
0.467
40,535
106.6
0.88
1984
 
20,181
0.484
41,663
109.6
2.78
1985
 
21,130
0.501
42,152
110.9
1.17
1986
 
22,078
0.512
43,104
113.4
2.26
1987
 
23,126
0.528
43,799
115.2
1.61
1988
 
24,408
0.549
44,487
117.0
1.57
1989
 
25,460
0.573
44,462
117.0
-0.05
1990
 
26,599
0.598
44,498
117.0
0.08
1991
 
27,537
0.618
44,577
117.3
0.18
1992
 
29,378
0.634
46,323
121.8
3.92
1993
 
30,101
0.650
46,309
121.8
-0.03
1994
 
30,909
0.664
46,580
122.5
0.59
1995
 
31,605
0.678
46,646
122.7
0.14
1996
 
32,810
0.692
47,411
124.7
1.64
1997
 
34,218
0.704
48,600
127.8
2.51
1998
 
36,011
0.710
50,743
133.5
4.41
1999
 
37,751
0.720
52,432
137.9
3.33
2000
 
39,903
0.738
54,053
142.2
3.09
2001
 
41,477
0.753
55,080
144.9
1.90
2002
 
42,406
0.763
55,584
146.2
0.92
2003
 
43,655
0.779
56,045
147.4
0.83
2004
 
45,456
0.798
56,943
149.8
1.60
2005
 
46,648
0.821
56,800
149.4
-0.25
2006
 
48,442
0.844
57,368
150.9
1.00
2007
 
49,382
0.866
57,019
150.0
-0.61
2008
 
50,298
0.892
56,407
148.4
-1.07
2009
 
50,041
0.889
56,276
148.0
-0.23
2010
 
52,191
0.905
57,661
151.7
2.46
2011
 
53,633
0.928
57,792
152.0
0.23
2012
 
55,061
0.945
58,245
153.2
0.78
2013
 
55,837
0.958
58,296
153.3
0.09
2014
 
56,990
0.971
58,680
154.3
0.66
2015
 
58,005
0.973
59,615
156.8
1.59
2016
 
58,480
0.983
59,501
156.5
-0.19
2017
 
60,329
1.000
60,329
158.7
1.39
2018
 
62,102
1.020
60,856
160.1
0.87
2019
 
64,419
1.035
62,233
163.7
2.26
2020
 
67,378
1.046
64,393
169.4
3.47
2021
 
70,421
1.090
64,606
169.9
0.33
2022
 
71,586
1.160
61,690
162.3
-4.51
Source: Calculations by the Washington Regional Economic Analysis Project (WA-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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