Preserving Culture
Ensuring Native American communities, arts and culture thrive.
Improving Lives
Encouraging healthy lifestyles through investments in health care, education and addiction treatment.
Protecting Resources
Restoring and protecting important cultural and natural resources.
Building Community
Investing in local economies, infrastructure and critical community services.
All across the state, tribal government enterprises are a major driver of Washington’s economy—employing more than 37,000 people, spending billions of dollars on the purchase of goods and services from private companies and generating millions of dollars in federal, state and local taxes.
Revenue from gaming and other tribal enterprises also pay for critical services that benefit all Washingtonians. These essential services include health care, public safety, housing, environmental and natural resource programs and transportation.
Creating Jobs and Economic Benefits
Tribes in Washington directly employ more than 37,000 people and 1 in 86 jobs trace back to tribes.
Paid in state and local taxes:
$1.2 billion
$1.2 billion
Paid annually to employees in wages and benefits:
$1.5 billion
$1.5 billion
Worth of goods and services purchased annually:
$2.8 billion
$2.8 billion
Value added to state economy:
$6.6 billion
$6.6 billion