minimum wage increases in washington state
The increases will directly benefit more than 2 million workers, according to The Fairness Project, which partners with minimum wage campaigns across the country. Washington's current $9.47 minimum wage will rise to $13.50 by 2020. One of its major cities -- Seattle -- has already approved a $15 minimum wage. The other three states approved increases to $12 by 2020 -- from $8.31 in Colorado, $8.05 in Arizona, and $7.50 in Maine currently.