2025 Minimum Wage Increases

2025 Minimum Wage Increases. Washington state will see seven localities increase minimum wage—with tukwila, washington, reaching the highest in the country at $21.10/hour in 2025. Starting january 1, 2025, more than 20 states and nearly 40 local jurisdictions will implement increases to their minimum wage rates.

Cities and counties will bump up their wage floors for 2025, most of them adjusting rates to account for inflation. The increases lift the pay of more than 9.2 million people, per the economic policy institute’s tally.