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Oct. 1—Every year, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries sets a new minimum wage. Beginning Jan. 1, Washington workers must be paid at least $16.66 per hour. Washington ...
The federal minimum wage applies in states with no state minimum wage or a minimum wage lower than the federal rate (column titled "No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25."). Some of the state rates below are higher than the rate on the main table above. That is because the main table does not use the rate for cities or regions.
Washington: $16.28. In 2024, the state minimum wage in Washington is $16.28 per hour — the highest in the country. Some cities in Washington have higher minimum wages.
In the current wave of minimum wage legislative action, Seattle, Washington, was the first city to enact on June 2, 2014, a local ordinance to increase the minimum wage for all workers to $15.00 per hour, [51] which phases in over seven years. [52]
Washington: $16.28 (up from $15.74) SEE MORE: Millions of workers will see a pay increase in 2024. ... Oregon's current minimum wage of $14.20 will increase on June 30, based on updated consumer ...
January 1: Minimum wage increases to $16.66 per hour per an adjustment based on the federal Consumer Price Index. [1]January 2: Amazon requires employees to be present in South Lake Union headquarters buildings 5 days a week.
Washington state’s minimum wage will increase 54 cents to $16.28 an hour next year. The Washington Department of Labor and Industries made the announcement Friday, The Seattle Times reported.
The University of Washington published a study called "Minimum Wage Increases, Wages, and Low-Wage Employment: Evidence from Seattle" which focuses on evaluating the effects of the 2015 increase of the minimum wage to $11 per hour and the additional increase to $13 in 2016 on citywide employment and the number of hours worked. [7]