Washington · Working Parent
Annual rate of purchasing-power loss for the Working Parent archetype in Washington. Household with own children under 18 from CEX 2000 Table 7. Higher Household Goods share captures childcare implicitly. At 3.48% per year, Washington runs 0.01 pp below the national Working Parent rate of 3.49%.
The Fixed Basket Index for the Working Parent archetype in Washington, January 2000 = 100. Download the full series: JSON · CSV.
Annual rate over time
Year-over-year change, %/yr (same-month, so seasonality cancels; 0% = no change). BLS CPI-U (national) is shown for comparison only — not used in the index.
Counting only out-of-pocket healthcare (excluding the employer-paid
premium share), the Working Parent annual rate in Washington
is 3.16%/yr
vs 3.48%/yr standard.
Same prices, healthcare re-weighted — query ?basket=spendable
on the API.
Per-stratum decomposition
Each contribution is the stratum's weight × its long-run rate over its coverage window, for the Working Parent archetype in Washington. They reconcile to the headline annual rate via a chain-link & coverage residual (table footer). The Source column shows which strata use Washington-specific prices vs. national fallback — only state-priced strata make Washington differ from the national rate.
| Stratum | Weight | Long-run rate | Contribution | Coverage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare — total premium healthcare_premium |
13.22% | 5.52% | +0.73 pp | 312 | National |
| Entertainment and reading entertainment |
7.91% | 4.21% | +0.33 pp | 312 | National |
| Food at home food_at_home |
12.18% | 2.72% | +0.33 pp | 311 | National |
| Transportation — vehicles transportation_vehicles |
13.40% | 2.47% | +0.33 pp | 312 | National |
| Shelter — rent shelter_rent |
8.38% | 3.86% | +0.32 pp | 312 | National |
| Home energy energy_home |
5.02% | 4.18% | +0.21 pp | 312 | National |
| Transportation — services transportation_services |
9.79% | 1.88% | +0.18 pp | 312 | National |
| Apparel apparel |
8.12% | 1.99% | +0.16 pp | 192 | National |
| Shelter — property tax shelter_property_tax |
3.78% | 4.13% | +0.16 pp | 312 | National |
| Gasoline energy_gasoline |
4.82% | 3.17% | +0.15 pp | 312 | National |
| Education education |
2.64% | 4.67% | +0.12 pp | 288 | National |
| Shelter — maintenance & repair shelter_maintenance |
2.74% | 3.52% | +0.10 pp | 312 | National |
| Healthcare — medical services medical_services |
1.86% | 2.90% | +0.05 pp | 312 | National |
| Other lodging other_lodging |
1.43% | 2.53% | +0.04 pp | 300 | National |
| Postage (USPS) misc_postage |
0.09% | 3.37% | +0.00 pp | 312 | National |
| Healthcare — prescription drugs rx_drugs |
1.16% | -3.44% | -0.04 pp | 146 | National |
| Communications communications |
3.46% | -1.76% | -0.06 pp | 312 | National |
| Contributions, summed | +3.13 pp | ||||
| Chain-link & coverage residual | +0.36 pp | ||||
| Headline annual rate | 3.48% |
Coverage disclosure
For Washington, 22% of basket weight is state-resolved, and 78% falls back to national pass-through. Per METHODOLOGY.md §5.8.
Show per-stratum coverage map
| Stratum | Band | Weight | State data range | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food at home | National | 11.31% | — | bls_apu/APU0000709112 |
| Gasoline | National | 4.83% | — | eia/eia_gasoline_regular_weekly |
| Home energy | State | 4.92% | 1989-01 → 2026-03 | eia/eia_natgas_residential_monthly |
| Shelter — rent | National | 7.62% | — | zillow_zori/zillow_zori_us_national_smoothed |
| Shelter — property tax | National | 4.26% | — | census_property_tax/fred_us_property_tax_per_capita_quarterly |
| Shelter — maintenance & repair | National | 3.09% | — | shelter_maintenance_ppi/ppi_maint_repair_inputs_us |
| Other lodging | National | 1.79% | — | ahla_str_adr/str_us_hotel_adr_annual |
| Apparel | National | 6.95% | — | levis_501/levis_501_original_fit_msrp_us |
| Transportation — vehicles | National | 12.80% | — | manheim_uvvi/manheim_uvvi_seasonally_adjusted |
| Transportation — services | National | 10.14% | — | aaa_driving/aaa_ydc_composite_cents_per_mile |
| Healthcare — total premium | State | 14.95% | 2013 → 2024 | kff_ehbs/kff_ehbs_premium_family_total |
| Healthcare — prescription drugs | National | 1.56% | — | nadac/nadac_metformin_hcl_500mg_tablet |
| Healthcare — medical services | National | 2.50% | — | cms_pfs/cms_pfs_99213_non_facility |
| Education | State | 2.37% | 2004 → 2023 | ipeds/ipeds_in_state_tuition_and_fees |
| Communications | National | 3.28% | — | fcc_urs/fcc_urs_voice_us_residential_annual |
| Entertainment and reading | National | 7.52% | — | nato_tickets/nato_us_avg_ticket_price |
| Postage (USPS) | National | 0.11% | — | usps_stamp/usps_first_class_stamp_1oz |
Other archetypes for Washington
Switch to a different household profile for Washington. Same state prices, different weight schedule.
Working Parent in other states
Compare the Working Parent archetype across the country, or see the national Working Parent headline.
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- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Vermont
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Methodology
See the methodology page for the load-bearing pillars and the basket page for per-stratum weights and source map. See the Washington state landing for the full coverage table.