New year, new rules. With the start of 2026, here's what to know about Washington's minimum wage and new laws that went into ...

Washington’s minimum wage is once again the highest in the country at $17.13 an hour and advocates for working families said ...

Starting January 1, 2025, all businesses in Seattle, regardless of size, will be required to pay employees a minimum wage of $20.76 per hour. This new rate, announced on Thursday, marks an increase ...

Paychecks for minimum-wage employees will reflect increases in 19 states starting January 1. More than 8.3 million workers ...

SEATTLE – Seattle’s lowest-paid workers will be ringing in the new year with a raise. Minimum wage in the city will rise to $20.76 per hour beginning midnight on New Year’s Day, one of the highest ...

SEATTLE — The minimum wage in Washington state and several cities, including Seattle, will go up next week as agencies adjust for inflation. Washington state minimum wage will increase to $16.66 per ...

Two states, Georgia and Wyoming, still have laws that mandate a $5.15-an-hour minimum wage, though employers in those states ...

This week, Seattle’s minimum wage requirement increased by 79 cents from last year. The new wage of $20.76 per hour is one of the highest in the country. The owner of Bebop Waffle Shop told us it’s ...

(The Center Square) – Seattle employees making the minimum wage will see a mandatory raise starting next year, making them the highest paid minimum wage workers in the country. Starting at the ...

Seattle's minimum wage increased to $20.76 per hour on Wednesday, and at least one business has already closed because of it. Seattle adopted the Minimum Wage Ordinance in June 2014, amending the city ...

The new year will come with extra money as Seattle’s minimum wage rises Wednesday, as stated by the city of Seattle. Starting January 1, Seattle is raising the minimum wage from $19.97/hour to ...

In 2022, Seattle became one of the first cities in America to pass a minimum wage law for food delivery drivers. The law went into effect in 2024, and the results were nothing short of calamitous.