||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE STANDARD |||
Drawing from an array of federal and state data, a new analysis shows the state’s cost of living rising faster than the national average over that time, with only California, New Jersey, Hawaii and Washington, D.C. considered more expensive in 2023.
“The story is consistent across every measure: costs are high, rising quickly, and showing up in the everyday decisions people make.”
This trend may be a factor in why more people moved out of the state than moved in between 2021 and 2023.
The affordability challenge is real, measurable, and growing. It didn’t happen overnight and getting out of it won’t happen overnight.
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