Puget Island from the north · Photo: Pete Forsyth · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wahkiakum County, Washington
4,658 residents · Updated Nov 12, 2026
The community services in Wahkiakum County, from the data behind Range Lab’s tools, refreshed daily.
Puget Island from the north · Photo: Pete Forsyth · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
683
▼ 2.6%
vs. a year ago · Q1 2026
$978
▲ 7.4%
vs. a year ago · $24.45/hr
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Needs a 2-bedroom rent
No published median yet
5.9%
▼ 1.2 pts
vs. a year ago · July 2026
$62,653
17.8%
below the poverty line · ACS 2024
Wages over time
Average weekly wage, indexed to Q2 2023 = 100. Zillow publishes no rent index for this county.
+7.4%wages vs. a year ago
| Q2 2023 | Wages 100.0 |
|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | Wages 104.0 |
| Q4 2023 | Wages 105.9 |
| Q1 2024 | Wages 108.2 |
| Q2 2024 | Wages 105.5 |
| Q3 2024 | Wages 111.2 |
| Q4 2024 | Wages 111.6 |
| Q1 2025 | Wages 114.6 |
| Q2 2025 | Wages 113.1 |
| Q3 2025 | Wages 118.4 |
| Q4 2025 | Wages 123.0 |
| Q1 2026 | Wages 123.0 |
Unemployment, year over year
Not seasonally adjusted, so each year gets its own line. A line above last year’s is the real signal. October 2025 was not published.
| Month | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3% | 7.1% | 7.3% |
| February | 9.2% | 8.1% | 7.6% |
| March | 8.9% | 6.6% | 7.7% |
| April | 7.0% | 6.0% | 7.8% |
| May | 7.1% | 6.1% | 7.7% |
| June | 6.5% | 6.0% | 6.4% |
| July | 7.6% | 7.1% | 5.9% |
| August | 7.1% | 6.9% | — |
| September | 5.8% | 6.2% | — |
| October | 6.6% | — | — |
| November | 6.8% | 7.2% | — |
| December | 6.5% | 7.8% | — |
5.9%
▼ 1.2 pts
vs. July 2025
70
unemployed of a 1,181 labor force
July 2026
How pay is spread
Hourly pay of all workers in the Western Washington nonmetro, BLS wage percentiles.
Hourly pay, all workers
10th$26.14
Median$52.24
90th
The biggest job groups pay the least
Each bubble is an occupation group: median hourly wage across, jobs up, size by jobs.
| Management Occupations | $60.09/hr | 4,890 jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations | $49.09/hr | 7,210 jobs |
| Computer and Mathematical Occupations | $46.64/hr | 1,880 jobs |
| Architecture and Engineering Occupations | $44.88/hr | 1,210 jobs |
| Legal Occupations | $39.73/hr | 610 jobs |
| Business and Financial Operations Occupations | $38.46/hr | 5,750 jobs |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations | $35.77/hr | 1,430 jobs |
| Protective Service Occupations | $35.77/hr | 5,000 jobs |
| Community and Social Service Occupations | $30.71/hr | 3,120 jobs |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations | $30.62/hr | 6,010 jobs |
| Construction and Extraction Occupations | $30.60/hr | 7,210 jobs |
| Educational Instruction and Library Occupations | $29.77/hr | 8,380 jobs |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations | $29.53/hr | 1,060 jobs |
| Office and Administrative Support Occupations | $24.88/hr | 14,780 jobs |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations | $24.47/hr | 1,340 jobs |
| Production Occupations | $23.88/hr | 7,380 jobs |
| Transportation and Material Moving Occupations | $23.35/hr | 11,230 jobs |
| Healthcare Support Occupations | $23.05/hr | 8,020 jobs |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations | $20.67/hr | 4,960 jobs |
| Sales and Related Occupations | $19.46/hr | 11,730 jobs |
| Personal Care and Service Occupations | $19.23/hr | 2,520 jobs |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations | $18.99/hr | 14,180 jobs |
What different jobs pay
Hourly pay range for each occupation group: 10th–90th percentile, middle half and median.
Pay compared with Washington and the U.S.
Median hourly wage for all occupations, then each group’s Western Washington nonmetro median against the statewide median, sorted by the gap.
- Western Washington nonmetro$26.14
- Washington$30.28
- United States$24.51
- Farming, fishing & forestryPays more by +52%
- Protective servicePays more by +20%
- Healthcare supportPays less by −1%
- Transportation & movingPays less by −4%
- Community & social servicePays less by −6%
- Cleaning & groundsPays less by −6%
- Healthcare practitionersPays less by −6%
- Education & libraryPays less by −7%
- Installation & repairPays less by −8%
- Office & admin supportPays less by −9%
- ProductionPays less by −10%
- Food servicePays less by −11%
- SalesPays less by −15%
- Personal care & servicePays less by −15%
- Construction & extractionPays less by −16%
- Architecture & engineeringPays less by −17%
- Business & financePays less by −18%
- SciencePays less by −21%
- Arts, media & sportsPays less by −22%
- ManagementPays less by −22%
- LegalPays less by −23%
- Computer & mathPays less by −29%
What sets local work apart?
Every occupation group’s share of local jobs compared with its U.S. share (location quotient). 2× means twice as common here; 0.5× means half as common.
Most concentrated here
Farming, fishing & forestry
2.9× the U.S. share
Least concentrated here
Computer & math
0.4× the U.S. share
- Farming, fishing & forestry2.9×
- Protective service1.6×
- Community & social service1.4×
- Construction & extraction1.3×
- Cleaning & grounds1.3×
- Food service1.2×
- Healthcare support1.2×
- Installation & repair1.2×
- Science1.2×
- Education & library1.1×
- Sales1.1×
- Production1.0×
- Office & admin support1.0×
- Transportation & moving1.0×
- Personal care & service0.9×
- Healthcare practitioners0.9×
- Arts, media & sports0.8×
- Business & finance0.7×
- Architecture & engineering0.6×
- Legal0.6×
- Management0.5×
- Computer & math0.4×
Key takeaways
What this means for Wahkiakum County.
Wages are rising
The average weekly wage is $978, up 7.4% from a year ago.
The biggest job groups pay the least
Office & admin support, food service and sales are 31% of jobs; all have median pay under $25/hr.
Unemployment is falling
5.9% in July 2026, 1.2 points below a year earlier.
Sources: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics (through July 2026) · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (Q1 2026) · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025, Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, which covers 9 counties; BLS doesn’t publish occupational wages for single counties) · Census ACS 2024 · Range Lab RST listings. The housing wage follows the National Low Income Housing Coalition method: rent × 12 ÷ 0.30 ÷ 2,080 hours. About the data.