For 2025, the state’s minimum wage has been set at $16.66 per hour, and is scheduled to rise to $17.13 per hour in 2026, ...

More than 20 states, including Oregon and Washington, are set to raise the minimum wage next year.Workers in the Portland ...

From January 1, 2026, the minimum wage in Washington state will increase to $17.13 per hour for employees aged sixteen and ...

(CNN) - Nearly two dozen states and Washington, D.C., will be raising their minimum wages in 2026 at a time when many ...

Kavya Beheraj/Axios Washington will raise its minimum wage to $17.13 an hour on Jan. 1, making it once again the state with the highest minimum wage in the country. The big picture: 19 states are ...

WASHINGTON STATE - New changes to state law are set to take effect in 2026, impacting minimum wage and employee benefits. The ...

After 2026 increases, minimum wages were set to be highest in Washington, D.C., with an increase above its 2025 rate of $17.95 to be announced in 2026; Washington, with an increase to $17.13 from its ...

Washington’s minimum wage will rise to $17.13 an hour on Jan. 1. That’s a 2.8% increase tied by law to the federal Consumer Price Index. The state’s current minimum wage is $16.66 per hour, the ...

A crew member waits to greet customers near the self-serve kiosk at a Vancouver McDonald's. Minimum wage in Washington will top $17 per hour in 2026. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files) Washington ...

Some Seattle businesses are anticipating added costs in the New Year as the minimum wage will rise by more than a half dollar ...