Yeah, Seattle is in King County, county seat as a matter of fact. Surprise!

"This week the Metropolitan King County Council passed an ordinance that will require most county employees, and the employees of companies that do business with the county, to earn a “living wage.”

The new law will apply to long-term county employees and the employees working for companies that hold contracts with the county of $100,000 or more. These workers will begin earning a higher minimum wage of at least $10 in 2015, which will be fully phased in to $15 between 2017 and 2021, based on company size and whether health benefits are offered. By 2025, all direct and indirect employees of the county, regardless of size, will earn a mandated wage of $18.13 per hour.

The County’s structured phase-in of the new wages mirror the wage schedule passed by the City of Seattle earlier this year.

Ironically, the increased wage mandate comes at the same time King County is proposing to cut more than 500 full-time county jobs as part of an effort to reduce the County’s 2015-2016 budget deficit. King County says the job cuts would be "the largest workforce reduction in County history."

http://washingtonpolicy.org/blog/post/ki...500-county-jobs