Washington Minimum Wage 2024 State And Local.  — effective january 1, 2024, the minimum wage rate in washington state will increase to $16.28 per hour for employees sixteen years of age and older, the.  — washington’s minimum wage is annually adjusted to inflation and is among the highest state minimum wages in the united states.

Washington employers must pay most employees at least the minimum wage for every hour worked.  — the last time the federal minimum wage was increased, to its current rate of $7.25 an hour, was 2007.