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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000936528-23-000035
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230118
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230119
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230119

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Cooper Cathy E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001687052

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34654
		FILM NUMBER:		23536686

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2067778327

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		425 PIKE STREET
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98101

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WASHINGTON FEDERAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000936528
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				911661606
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		425 PIKE STREET
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98101
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2066247930

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		425 PIKE ST
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98101
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        <issuerName>WASHINGTON FEDERAL INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WAFD</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Cooper Cathy E</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>425 PIKE STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>SEATTLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>WA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>98101</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP &amp; Chief Consumer Banker</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2023-01-18</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>15000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>34.2546</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>61106</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>9557</value>
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                    <value>By 401(k)</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">The price reported is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $34.07 to $34.38, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Washington Federal Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;), any security holder of the Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Cathy E. Cooper</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-01-19</signatureDate>
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING

        KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby makes,*
    constitutes and appoints Cathy Cooper, EVP and Chief Consumer Banker and*
    Kelli Holz, EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Washington*
        Federal, Inc. "the Company", as the undersigned's true and lawful*
    attorney-in-fact "the Attorney-in-Fact", each with*
    full power of substitution and resubstitution, with the power to act alone*
        for the underisgned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in*
    any and all capacities to:

1. Prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's*
   behalf, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission "SEC" a*
   Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary*
   or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned*
   to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required or considered*
   advisable under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 "the*
   Exchange Act" or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

2. Prepare, execute and submit to the SEC, any national securities exchange*
   or securities quotation system and the Company any and all reports,*
   including any amendment thereto, of the undersigned required or considered*
   advisable under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations*
   thereunder, with respect to the equity securities of the Company, including*
   Forms 3, 4 and 5; and

3. Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf,*
   information regarding transactions in the Company's equity securities from*
   any third party, including the Company and any brokers, dealers, employee*
   benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby*
   authorizes any such third party to release any such information to the*
   Attorney-in-Fact.

        The undersigned acknowledges that:

a) This Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the*
   Attorney-in-Fact to act at his or her discretion on information provided*
   to such Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of such*
   information;

b) Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the*
   undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form*
   and will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her*
   discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

c) Neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability for the*
   undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of Section 16*
   of the Exchange Act, any liability of the undersigned for any failure to*
   comply with such requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for*
   disgorgement of profits under Section 16b of the Exchange Act; and

d) This Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from*
   responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under*
   Section 16 of the Exchange Act,including, without limitation, the*
   reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

        The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and*
        authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite,*
        necessary or convenient to be done in connection with the foregoing,*
        as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or*
        could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the*
        Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall*
        lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Limited Power*
        of Attorney.

        This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect*
        until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 with*
        respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in equity*
        securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned*
        in a signed writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Limited*
        Power of Attorney revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect*
        to the subject matter of this Limited Power of Attorney.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power*
        of Attorney as of 01/13/2023.



                        ____/s/__Cathy Cooper________


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