Beginning mid-September each year, L&I will make a cost-of-living adjustment to the minimum wage based on the federal Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). The new minimum wage will be announced on Sept. 30, and take effect Jan. 1.

The table below lists the current prevailing 2025 minimum wage rates for every state in the United States. Click any state for details about the minimum wage, exemptions, and other state labor laws. You can find a list of highest and lowest minimum wage rates here .

2024年9月30日 · TUMWATER — Washington’s minimum wage will rise to $16.66 an hour next year, a 2.35 percent increase over 2024. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) announced the increase today; it takes effect Jan. 1, 2025.

2025年1月1日 · For employers with 50 or fewer employees, workers will earn a minimum of $1,332.80 a week ($69,305.60 a year). For employers with 51 or more employees, workers will now bring in a minimum...

2002年1月1日 · In the absence of action at the national level, many states and localities have raised their own minimum wages. Explore the map to see how these rapidly changing laws differ across the country. Updated January 1, 2025. Related: Why the U.S. needs a $17 minimum wage • Why eliminate the tipped minimum wage.

2025年1月1日 · If the highest federal minimum wage is increased in excess of the State minimum wage in effect, then the State minimum wage will increase to the same amount, effective on the same date as the increase in the federal minimum wage. The minimum wage is adjusted annually based on a set formula.

2023年12月6日 · As of January 1, seven states and the District of Columbia will have minimum wages of $15 or more, up from just four states plus DC last year.

2024年7月24日 · A proposal introduced in the Senate last year called the Raise the Wage Act of 2023 that would increase the federal hourly minimum wage to $17 over five years has not advanced.

2024年1月30日 · In general, increasing the federal minimum wage would raise the earnings and family income of most low-wage workers and thus lift some families out of poverty—but doing so would cause other low-wage workers to become jobless, and their family income would fall.

2024年12月18日 · From July 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025, the minimum wage rate will increase to $19.90 per hour. On January 1, 2025, the minimum wage rate will increase $20.90 per hour for large employers (more than 500 employees worldwide).