As of January 1, 2025, the minimum wage in Burien is $21.16 an hour for employers with more than 500 workers. For smaller ...

Burien is suing over Measure 1, a minimum wage initiative that ends exemptions in the city's existing wage law and sets the big business rate to $21.10 an hour.

If the lead holds, Burien would match Tukwila's minimum wage, bringing it slightly higher than wage floors set in Seattle and ...

A ballot measure to expand Burien's minimum wage appeared to be passing on Wednesday, with 55% of voters voting in favor.

Feb. 25, 2025, the City of Burien filed a complaint in King County Superior Court seeking a declaratory judgment on Burien ...

Early special election results are in regarding whether the city of Burien will keep the minimum wage as is or replace it with a citywide rate of $21.10. As of Tuesday evening, early results show ...

"I think that people know that people need to make minimum wage and the state minimum wage isn’t enough,” one woman said.

The latest election results for Burien’s Initiative 1 show the measure continuing to gain support, now with 56.81% of voters ...

Burien, Washington, residents approved a ballot initiative measure on Feb. 11 to establish a minimum wage law that is unrelated to and separate from the city’s existing minimum wage law.

As early results rolled on Tuesday night, a measure in Burien to create a minimum wage increase is leading by several hundred votes. Measure 1A aimed to raise the wage to $21.10 and have future ...