Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Skagit County$256
- 2Whatcom County$181
- 3Kitsap County$172
- 4King County$164
- 5Snohomish County$140
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Okanogan County$29.50
- 2Franklin County$33.50
- 3Pend Oreille County$38.50
- 4Klickitat County$41.50
- 5Stevens County$49.50
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Cowlitz County+87.6% (+$39)
- 2Columbia County+67.9% (+$44.50)
- 3Klickitat County+50.9% (+$14)
- 4Douglas County+39.5% (+$15)
- 5Lewis County+33.9% (+$19.50)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Spokane County−26.7% (−$18)
- 2Franklin County−20.2% (−$8.50)
- 3Whitman County−8.1% (−$7)
- 4Snohomish County−6.7% (−$10)
- 5Whatcom County−5.7% (−$11)
Washington cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Adams County | East Central | $56.50 | $467 | $2.40 | +29.9% |
| Asotin County | Southeast | $55 | — | $3 | +4.8% |
| Benton County | Central | — | — | $15 | — |
| Chelan County | Central | — | — | — | — |
| Clark County | Western | $90 | $418 | — | +5.9% |
| Columbia County | Southeast | $110 | — | — | +67.9% |
| Cowlitz County | Western | $83.50 | — | — | +87.6% |
| Douglas County | East Central | $53 | $285 | — | +39.5% |
| Ferry County | Northeast | — | — | — | — |
| Franklin County | East Central | $33.50 | — | — | −20.2% |
| Garfield County | Southeast | $70.50 | — | — | +3.7% |
| Grant County | East Central | $52 | — | $3.30 | — |
| Grays Harbor County | Western | — | — | — | — |
| Island County | Western | $111 | — | — | — |
| Jefferson County | Western | $60 | — | $53 | — |
| King County | Western | $164 | $460 | — | +32.3% |
| Kitsap County | Western | $172 | — | — | — |
| Kittitas County | Central | — | $202 | — | — |
| Klickitat County | Central | $41.50 | — | $5.20 | +50.9% |
| Lewis County | Western | $77 | — | — | +33.9% |
| Lincoln County | East Central | $57 | — | $2.90 | +29.5% |
| Okanogan County | Central | $29.50 | $253 | $1.90 | — |
| Pacific County | Western | — | — | — | — |
| Pend Oreille County | Northeast | $38.50 | $72 | — | +2.7% |
| Pierce County | Western | — | $466 | — | — |
| San Juan County | Western | — | — | $36 | — |
| Skagit County | Western | $256 | $425 | $57 | +2.8% |
| Snohomish County | Western | $140 | $402 | $82.50 | −6.7% |
| Spokane County | Northeast | $49.50 | — | $6.10 | −26.7% |
| Stevens County | Northeast | $49.50 | — | — | +12.5% |
| Thurston County | Western | $90 | $198 | $33 | +19.2% |
| Walla Walla County | Southeast | — | $297 | — | — |
| Whatcom County | Western | $181 | $514 | — | −5.7% |
| Whitman County | Southeast | $79 | — | — | −8.1% |
| Yakima County | Central | — | $231 | $14.50 | — |
Counties NASS published only in 2025 show a dash for 2026; their pages carry the 2025 figure.
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Where these numbers come from
- Every rent on these pages is a published estimate from the USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey: the average cash rent paid per acre for non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland and pasture. We pull the 2024–2026 county and state series straight from Quick Stats.
- NASS skips counties with too few survey reports, or withholds them to protect respondents, and lumps them into an "other counties" total. Those counties get no page here, and missing years show as a dash. We do not estimate, average or interpolate around the gaps.
- The coefficient of variation (CV) is NASS's measure of sampling precision. Lower is tighter; the higher the CV, the wider the real range around the county figure.
- "Bordering counties" are the ones that share a boundary under the Census Bureau county adjacency file, including across state lines.
- An average rent is a benchmark, not a fair price for a specific field. Soil, drainage, fertility, improvements and lease terms all move the number.
Data last refreshed October 8, 2026.