The income of Washington's $1M+ filers rose or fell by a third or more in several single years: -45% in 2001 and -34% in 2022, after gains of 54-67% in 1998, 1999 and 2021. Over the same period the state's retail sales tax fell at most 12.5% and its total general fund revenue at most 9.6% in a year, both in FY2009. The typical yearly swing (standard deviation of changes) is about 33% for $1M+ income, 5.4% for sales tax and 4.8% for the general fund.
| changePct | series | year |
|---|---|---|
| 66.5 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 1998 |
| 54.5 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 1999 |
| 3.5 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 1999 |
| 7.2 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 1999 |
| -8.1 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2000 |
| 6.3 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2000 |
| 8.6 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2000 |
| -44.6 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2001 |
| 4.4 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2001 |
| 1.5 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2001 |
| WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2002 | |
| 0.6 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2002 |
| -1.2 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2002 |
| WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2003 | |
| 0.8 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2003 |
| 2.6 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2003 |
| WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2004 | |
| 5.4 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2004 |
| 3.7 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2004 |
| WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2005 | |
| WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2005 | |
| 7.7 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2005 |
| WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2006 | |
| 9.8 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2006 |
| 10.7 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2006 |
| WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2007 | |
| 8 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2007 |
| 6.9 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2007 |
| WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2008 | |
| 1.2 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2008 |
| 5.1 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2008 |
| WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2009 | |
| -9.6 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2009 |
| -12.5 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2009 |
| WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2010 | |
| -4.1 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2010 |
| -5.9 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2010 |
| 12.8 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2011 |
| 7.9 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2011 |
| 5.4 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2011 |
| 56.9 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2012 |
| 1.5 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2012 |
| 1.1 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2012 |
| -24.6 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2013 |
| 6.1 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2013 |
| 4.6 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2013 |
| 39.2 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2014 |
| 3.8 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2014 |
| 8.4 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2014 |
| 9.3 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2015 |
| 5.5 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2015 |
| 7.8 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2015 |
| 14.7 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2016 |
| 7.5 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2016 |
| 8.2 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2016 |
| 7 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2017 |
| 6.2 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2017 |
| 6.2 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2017 |
| 14.3 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2018 |
| 10 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2018 |
| 7.9 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2018 |
| 8.9 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2019 |
| 3.3 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2019 |
| 8.7 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2019 |
| 22.5 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2020 |
| 6.2 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2020 |
| 0.7 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2020 |
| 59.5 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2021 |
| 13.3 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2021 |
| 12.2 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2021 |
| -34 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2022 |
| 11.3 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2022 |
| 11.8 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2022 |
| -8.1 | WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2023 |
| 3.1 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2023 |
| 4.8 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2023 |
| WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2024 | |
| 0.4 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2024 |
| 0 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2024 |
| WA $1M+ AGI (tax year) | 2025 | |
| 3.9 | WA general fund revenue (fiscal year) | 2025 |
| 1.7 | WA retail sales tax (fiscal year) | 2025 |