Annual salaries up 5% in Washington the State

We are still growing, getting richer and complaining. One-year growth in salaries was 5% in 2007 to now average $44,721, which is $860 per week. This is lower than last year's 5.4 per cent. Lower? Yes. Seattle Times June 12, 2008

Officials at the Employment Security Department say these numbers show the state's economy has remained strong while other parts of the country have experienced slowdowns.

You don't say! We hire very smart people to have the honor of being WA bureaucrats.