On November 8, 2016, Washington voters passed Initiative 1433 to increase the state minimum wage beginning January 1, 2017.
Beginning on January 1, 2021 and each January 1 thereafter, the minimum wage will be adjusted, using the methodology that is set out in the statute.
Employers in industries with employees who receive tips, should be aware that tips and gratuities, and all service charges, except those itemized as not payable to employees servicing the customer cannot count toward the minimum hourly wage calculation for employees.