1,792
Audits Completed in 2024

699
Audits in Progress

$170 Billion
Subject to Audit

Performance Audit Reports

Performance audits evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of government programs with the goal of making them work better on behalf of Washingtonians.

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Meet Your State Auditor

Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy began her term in January 2017. Before that, she managed the daily operations of Pierce County, the second largest county in Washington, for eight years.

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