wages

The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute calculated women last year earned 18.6% less than men per hour on average. That’s up slightly from 2024, when the wage gap narrowed slightly to 18%.

The statewide average annual wage reached $95,160 last year, according to the Washington Employment Security Department.

They rejected a new contract last fall. They approved one in recent weeks, but lawmakers said it arrived too late to be funded in the budget.

Missoula County commissioners on Tuesday approved the compensation board's recommendation for a 3% cost-of-living increase for elected officials – a move that also provides an increase for non-union county employees.

Colorado rafting outfitters claimed the Biden administration's order to raise wages threatened to disrupt a decades-old tradition of trip-pay.

The figures show median pay for women in Washington for 2022 was $18,400 less than what men earned that year.

For the second time in a year on Tuesday, Phoenix has become the only city in Arizona to pass a prevailing wage ordinance for construction contractors.

Montana lawmakers acknowledged there was significant work to do on workforce and childcare issues, as childcare is now costing Montanans 28% of their median household income.

Teachers in the Grand Canyon State face the second-worst pay gap in the country, earning a third less than other college-educated employees.

The 35¢-an-hour increase follows last year’s 75¢-an-hour increase, which was the largest in more than a decade.