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January 1: Highest minimum wage laws in the country go into effect at both state and local levels Washington State minimum wage rises to $16.28 per hour and remains the highest state minimum wage in the United States throughout the year. [1] Seattle minimum wage rises to $19.97 per hour, the highest for a major U.S. city. [2] March 12: primaries
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. ... Long Island and Westchester County, the ...
The highest state minimum wage in 2024 will be Washington state, at $16.28, up from $15.74. A close second is California, which is raising its minimum to $16 from $15.50 on January 1.
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.
Minimum wage is $15.00 as of January 1, 2024. [248] For employees working in Montgomery County, the minimum wage is $17.15 per hour for businesses with 51 or more employees and $15.50 per hour for businesses with 11 to 50 employees, effective July 1, 2024. [249]
Additionally, Florida's minimum wage will increase by $1 to $13, effective Sept. 30, 2024. Nevada increases its minimum wage to $12 an hour from $11.25 on July 1.
The average weekly wage was $2,188 across the metropolitan area in early 2024, compared to $1,527 nationally; [93] the region has some of the highest hourly minimum wages in the United States, ranging from the state minimum of $16.28 to $19.97 in Seattle for large employers and $20.29 in Tukwila as of 2024.
The minimum wage was last increased federally in 2009, which is easily the longest period without a raise in the federal minimum wage — 15 years — since the Fair Labor Standards Act was passed ...