Minimum Wage Washington 2024 Impact. The highest state minimum wage in 2024 will be washington state, at $16.28, up from $15.74. The state of washington has announced increases in the minimum wage rate and the exempt salary thresholds for employees, effective january 1, 2024.

The washington state minimum wage rate for nonexempt employees sixteen years of age and older will increase 3.4 percent over the 2023 rate to $16.28 per hour in. Here’s how that impacts the wallets of restaurant owners, workers and customers in the emerald city.