Workers earning minimum wage in Washington will make $6.90 per hour starting Jan. 1, 2002, an 18-cents-an-hour increase over the current minimum wage of $6.72.
The new wage applies to workers 16 years of age and older, in both agricultural and non-agricultural jobs.
The Department of Labor and Industries recalculates the state minimum wage each year as a result of an initiative proposed by voters in 1998.
The initiative ties the minimum wage to changes in the federal Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers.
For more information, go L&I’s Web site at:
www.LNI.wa.gov/scs/workstandards/min-wage.htm.