Restaurant Minimum Wage 2024. Beginning april 1, 2024, food chains that have at least 60 locations nationwide will be required to raise their minimum wage for restaurant employees to $20 per hour. Could 2024 be the year things get closer to the new normal?
Workers already want $25 and more. As of 2024, the minimum wage in seattle is $19.97 an hour, unless you employ fewer than 500 employees, in which case you are allowed to pay them $17.25, provided the difference is made up.