Cash rent for pasture: Pierce County, Washington
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for pasture, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
The latest figures and how they have changed
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What the numbers say
- In 2025, Pierce County's rent was 6.4 times the Washington average and 3.5 times the US average.
- It is the 4th highest of the 21 Washington counties NASS published for 2025.
- From 2017 to 2025 it rose 8.9%, from $50.50 to $55 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Pierce figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2026 it combined Pierce into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Pierce County | Washington | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $8.30 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $55 | $8.60 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $59 | $10 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $69.50 | $9 | $15 |
| 2022 | $72 | $8 | $14 |
| 2021 | $70 | $8 | $13 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $8 | $13 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $8 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $50.50 | $8 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | Combined into "other counties" | $9 | $13 |
Every Washington county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $1.90 an acre in Okanogan County to $82.50 an acre in Snohomish County.
- Under $2.90 (2 counties)
- $2.90 to under $5.20 (3 counties)
- $5.20 to under $15 (3 counties)
- $15 to under $53 (3 counties)
- $53 and over (3 counties)
- Not published separately (25 counties, $13 an acre combined)
NASS combined Chelan County, Clallam County, Clark County, Columbia County, Cowlitz County, Douglas County, Ferry County, Franklin County, Garfield County, Grays Harbor County, Island County, King County, Kitsap County, Kittitas County, Lewis County, Mason County, Pacific County, Pend Oreille County, Pierce County, Skamania County, Stevens County, Wahkiakum County, Walla Walla County, Whatcom County and Whitman County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Pierce: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snohomish County | $82.50 | 12.7% |
| 2 | Skagit County | $57 | 23.0% |
| 3 | Jefferson County | $53 | 42.6% |
| 4 | San Juan County | $36 | 27.3% |
| 5 | Thurston County | $33 | 28.4% |
| 6 | Benton County | $15 | 7.9% |
| 7 | Yakima County | $14.50 | 19.3% |
| 8 | Spokane County | $6.10 | 35.4% |
| 9 | Klickitat County | $5.20 | 28.1% |
| 10 | Grant County | $3.30 | 29.1% |
| 11 | Asotin County | $3 | 29.1% |
| 12 | Lincoln County | $2.90 | 15.5% |
| 13 | Adams County | $2.40 | 25.9% |
| 14 | Okanogan County | $1.90 | 27.5% |
What this measures
NASS asks farm operators what they pay in cash rent per acre, separately for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland and pasture. State figures come out at the end of July; county figures follow in August. When too few farms in a county answer, NASS combines that county with others and publishes one "other counties" figure, so some counties have no figure of their own.