The region’s unaffordability problem persists, but activists say its record-high pay floor has been a success as they push ...

Reporter Nate Sanford looked into the pros and cons of higher wages, and why they haven’t solved Seattle’s cost of living ...

Professor Jacob Vigdor has conservative bonafides and raised progressives' ire with his past research on the minimum wage.

The minimum wage in Washington state and several cities, including Seattle, will go up next week as agencies adjust for inflation. Washington state minimum wage will increase to $16.66 per hour ...

closed its doors just days after Seattle's new minimum wage of $20.76 per hour took effect Wednesday. Bebop is one of several businesses in Seattle facing closure or financial strain as the city ...

Seattle turned into a vastly riskier place to live for poor people. It became nearly impossible to afford even the cheapest ...

found that Seattle’s law incrementally raising its minimum wage — to $13 an hour last year, en route to $15 — resulted in low-wage workers’ earning less money rather than more. This ...

The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009 ... A proposal, drafted with the support of delivery companies, could roll back Seattle's PayUp law for gig workers — and result in pay ...

For instance, Seattle’s municipal minimum wage is $19.97 an hour compared to the state minimum of $16.28. While a minimum wage is the lowest amount someone can be legally paid by an employer ...

In Seattle, the restaurant minimum wage went up to $20.76 per hour. It used to be that restaurant owners received a tip credit of $2.72, but that ended in January. I don’t mind tipping for ...