Minimum Wage 2024 Washington State Proposal. 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. Those opposed to raise the wage az previously pointed to washington, d.c., as an example of how a change in minimum wage could impact restaurants.

2, 2023) — the washington state department of labor and industries (l&i) announced friday that the state’s minimum wage will be increase 3.4 percent to $16.28. 1, 2024, the minimum wage in washington state will be increasing to $16.28 per hour, a 3.4% increase from the previous year, 2023.