Minimum Wage Washington 2025 Comparison Sheet. Washington employers must pay most employees at least the minimum wage for every hour worked. The table below lists the current prevailing 2025 minimum wage rates for every state in the united states.

Effective january 1, 2025, 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. Some cities have set higher local minimum wages.