Washington Minimum Wage 2024 Hourly. The hourly minimum wage in washington will increase to $16.66 from $16.28 effective jan. For the second year in a row, washington has the highest statewide minimum wage in the country.

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. Next year, the wage for younger workers will be $14.16 per hour.