The region’s unaffordability problem persists, but activists say its record-high pay floor has been a success as they push ...

The minimum wage in Washington state and several cities, including Seattle, will go up next week as agencies adjust for inflation. Washington state minimum wage will increase to $16.66 per hour ...

Reporter Nate Sanford looked into the pros and cons of higher wages, and why they haven’t solved Seattle’s cost of living ...

found that Seattle’s law incrementally raising its minimum wage — to $13 an hour last year, en route to $15 — resulted in low-wage workers’ earning less money rather than more. This ...

Professor Jacob Vigdor has conservative bonafides and raised progressives' ire with his past research on the minimum wage. But now he's all in for Washington to tax the rich.

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An curved arrow pointing right. Business Insider's executive editor Sara Silverstein discusses a new study from the University of Washington that analyzes the recent minimum wage increase in Seattle.

For instance, Seattle’s municipal minimum wage is $19.97 an hour compared to the state minimum of $16.28. While a minimum wage is the lowest amount someone can be legally paid by an employer ...

The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009 ... A proposal, drafted with the support of delivery companies, could roll back Seattle's PayUp law for gig workers — and result in pay ...

In 2021, 20 remain at or below the federal minimum wage. Only 6 states mandate a wage at or above $12.50 per hour, but no state reached $15 per hour or higher yet. A number of cities and counties ...

In Seattle, the restaurant minimum wage went up to $20.76 per hour. It used to be that restaurant owners received a tip credit of $2.72, but that ended in January. I don’t mind tipping for ...