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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.
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, [55] which phases in over seven years. [56]
[25] [26] In 2014, Hanauer was a member of Seattle's Income Inequality Advisory Group which proposed and eventually passed the $15 minimum wage. [27] In 2016, Hanauer was the largest contributor to Washington State Initiative 1433 which supported "incrementally raising the state's minimum wage from $9.47 to $13.50 by 2020 and mandating ...
If this passes — it will mean 4 out of the 5 cities with the highest minimum wage will all be in King County, Washington: SeaTac, Seattle, Tukwila and Renton. Renton and Tukwila would be tied ...
The highest state minimum wage in 2024 will be Washington state, at $16.28, up from $15.74. ... Washington, just south of Seattle. Its minimum wage will hit $20.29 in January, up from $18.99 now ...
Higher minimum wages apply in Seattle, where workers make $17.27, and SeaTac, where the minimum wage is $17.54. ... Washington was the first state to adjust its minimum wage based on cost-of ...
On Jan. 1, Seattle raised its minimum wage to $18.69 per hour for most employees. It now has the highest minimum wage in the nation (excluding industry-specific minimum wage rates), eclipsing the...
Basic Minimum Rate (per hour) is $7.25 for employers with ten or more full time employees at any one location or employers with annual gross sales over $100,000 irrespective of number of full time employees. All other employers: Basic Minimum Rate (per hour): $2.00. Unless the employers are subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act, in which case ...