King County Minimum Wage 2024 Per Hour Minimum Wage. King county’s, under the legislation, would be $20.29 per hour in unincorporated areas, tied with tukwila for the highest in the state. The proposal was passed by the king county council’s.

The metropolitan king county council voted tuesday to increase the minimum wage in unincorporated king county by 25%, bringing it to $20.29 per hour. The legislation increases minimum wage to a high of $20.29, which ties the cities of tukwila and renton for the highest minimum wage in the nation.