Seattle’s Minimum Wage Is Nearly $19: Here’s How Other US Cities Compare

On Jan. 1, Seattle raised its minimum wage to $18.69 per hour for most employees. It now has the highest minimum wage in the nation (excluding industry-specific minimum wage rates), eclipsing the minimum wage requirements in any city in California, which has long been a pacesetter for employment law, according to GovDocs.

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Here’s a look at the minimum wage in other major cities across the U.S.

• Minimum wage: $15 per hour

• Minimum wage: $15.96 per hour

• Minimum wage: $15.40 per hour

• Minimum wage: $7.25 per hour

• Minimum wage: $13.85 per hour

• Minimum wage: $7.25 per hour

• Minimum wage: $7.25 per hour

• Minimum wage: $16.30 per hour

• Minimum wage: $7.25 per hour

• Minimum wage: $17 per hour

• Minimum wage: $7.25 per hour

• Minimum wage: $11 per hour

• Minimum wage: $7.25 per hour

• Minimum wage: $10.10 per hour

• Minimum wage: $7.25 per hour

• Minimum wage: $7.25 per hour

• Minimum wage: $16.99 per hour

• Minimum wage: $17.29 per hour

• Minimum wage: $7.25 per hour

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