Town Near Seattle Votes For Highest Minimum Wage In U.S.

The voter initiative in a Seattle suburb raises the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

The measure mandates that some 6,300 workers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and nearby hotels, car rental agencies and parking lots receive a minimum hourly wage more than double the federal minimum wage of $7.25.

Washington state’s hourly minimum wage is already higher than any other U.S. state, and will rise by 13 cents to $9.32 an hour in January. The new wage in the city of SeaTac would be among the nation’s highest, just below a $15.38 rate mandated for city workers and contractors in Sonoma, California.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.