Minimum Wage Washington 2024 Comparisons. Washington’s minimum wage rate is currently $15.74 per hour for employees aged sixteen and older, and $13.38 per hour for employees who are fourteen to fifteen years of age. Add to data list add to graph expand all collapse all.
Washington’s department of labor and industries (lni) announced that washington’s minimum wage will increase from $15.74/hour to $16.28/ hour beginning january 1,. Initiative 1433, approved by washington voters in 2016, requires a statewide minimum wage of $11.00 in 2017, $11.50 in 2018, $12.00 in 2019, and $13.50 in 2020.