The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced Wednesday that minimum wage will be going up in 2021 to $13.69 per hour.

L&I says the change is significant this year because it also impacts wages paid to some salaried employees exempt from overtime and other protections under state law.

This is the first year L&I has returned to calculating the minimum wage since 2016. For the past four years, increases were mandated as a result of passage of Initiative 1433 that year.

The wage was determined based on an increase of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers.

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