Seattle 2025 Minimum Wage Resources

City of Seattle, Washington sent this bulletin at 10/04/2024 08:06 AM PDT
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Seattle 2025 Minimum Wage Resources 

New in 2025, ALL businesses both large and small will pay employees at least Seattle’s Minimum Wage of $20.76 per hour. Seattle’s 2025 Minimum Wage was announced on October 3, 2024 and goes into effect January 1, 2025.  

Small businesses will no longer be able to make up any part of the minimum wage with customer tips or payments toward medical benefits paid for their employees.  

The Minimum Wage Ordinance sets the minimum wage for employees working within city limits. Seattle’s current 2024 minimum wage is $19.97/hour for large employers and for small employers who do not pay at least $2.72/hour toward the employee’s medical benefits and/or where the employee does not earn at least $2.72/ hour in tips. Small employers who do pay $2.72/hour in medical benefits and/or where the employee earns at least $2.72/hour in tips currently pay $17.25/hour.   

An annual increase to the minimum wage is required by the Minimum Wage Ordinance. The minimum wage applies regardless of the employee’s immigration status. The minimum wage increase will reflect the rate of inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) for the Seattle Tacoma Bellevue area.  

The Office of Labor Standards (OLS) is providing these following resources to assist business to remain in compliance and ensure workers know their workplace rights:
2025 Workplace Poster

2025 Workplace Poster
Minimum Wage Chart

Minimum Wage Chart
Minimum Wage Fact Sheet

Minimum Wage Fact Sheet
Minimum Wage Question & Answer

Minimum Wage Question & Answer

2025 Workplace Poster

The 2025 Workplace Poster in English is now available for download at the OLS website here. Employers must post this poster in English and the preferred languages of employees at their workplace. OLS will mail this poster to every business with a Seattle business license. The poster will soon be available in 33 other languages for download on the OLS website.Sign up for the OLS newsletter for the latest on when these posters will be available and for updates on Seattle labor standards on the OLS website.     

Minimum Wage Chart

The 2025 Minimum Wage Chart is available for download here. The chart tracks the changes to the minimum wage from 2017 to present. 

Minimum Wage Fact Sheet 

An updated Minimum Wage Fact Sheet is available here. This document was produced to assist in clarifying the requirements and responsibilities under Seattle’s Minimum Wage Ordinance. 

Minimum Wage Question & Answer

A new Minimum Wage Question and Answer document is also available for download here. This resource is provided to answer common questions for both businesses and workers about the minimum wage law. 

Additional Resources

  • Help for businesses: for free and private assistance for compliance with Seattle’s minimum wage and other labor standards, call 206-256-5297, email business.laborstandards@seattle.govor click here to fill out an online request form.  

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