minimum wage

Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) the minimum wage for Washington State will go up 3.4% from 2023 making minimum wage $16.28 an hour. That's higher than anywhere else in the entire country. That's more than California, more than New York, more than anywhere...

The soaring cost of living in WA state makes it unbearable for many, even with the minimum wage increase coming in 2024.

How does Washington State compare to the rest of the nation when it comes to the minimum wage?

Protesters marched in Yakima and other places around the state and the country Tuesday to demand a raise in the minimum wage. Bearing a petition with over 1,000 signatures, dozens of minimum-wage workers -- calling themselves the Working Washington -- gathered in Millennium Plaza Tuesday afternoon and marched to City Hall on Second Street to encourage Yakima City Council leaders to support them in