Minimum Wage 2024 Washington State. Washington’s minimum wage is annually adjusted to inflation and is among the highest state minimum wages in the united states. The state of washington has announced increases in the minimum wage rate and the exempt salary thresholds for employees, effective january 1, 2024.

They cover leave and accommodations, labor relations, paid. 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 state department of labor and industries announced on september 29, 2023.