# WAC 296-125-043: WAC 296-125-043. Minimum wages—Minors

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_296_125_043

## Section

- **Citation:** WAC 296-125-043
- **Heading:** WAC 296-125-043. Minimum wages—Minors
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Administrative Code / Title 296 / Chapter 296-125 / Section 296-125-043

## Text

Except where a higher minimum wage is required by Washington state or federal law:
(1) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who have reached their sixteenth or seventeenth year of age a rate of pay per hour which is equal to the hourly rate required by RCW 49.46.020 for employees eighteen years of age or older, whether computed on an hourly, commission, piecework, or other basis, except as may be otherwise provided under this chapter.
(2) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who have not reached their sixteenth year of age a rate of pay per hour that is not less than eighty-five percent of the hourly rate required by RCW 49.46.020 for employees eighteen years of age or older whether computed on an hourly, commission, piecework, or other basis, except as may be otherwise provided under this chapter.
(3) These provisions shall not apply to handicapped minors for whom special handicapped minor work permits have been issued as provided in RCW 49.12.110 . The handicapped rate therein shall be set at a rate designed to adequately reflect the individual's earning capacity.
(4) These minimum wage provisions shall not apply when a minor student is in a work place to carry out an occupational training experience assignment directly supervised on the premises by a school official or an employer under contract with a school and when no appreciable benefit is rendered to the employer by the presence of the minor student.

## Nearby sections

- [WAC 296-125-010 WAC 296-125-010. Applicability](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_296_125_010.md)
- [WAC 296-125-015 WAC 296-125-015. Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_296_125_015.md)
- [WAC 296-125-018 WAC 296-125-018. Minimum age for employment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_296_125_018.md)
- [WAC 296-125-024 WAC 296-125-024. House-to-house sales](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_296_125_024.md)
- [WAC 296-125-027 WAC 296-125-027. Hours of work for minors](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_296_125_027.md)
- [WAC 296-125-030 WAC 296-125-030. Prohibited and hazardous employment—All minors](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_296_125_030.md)
- [WAC 296-125-033 WAC 296-125-033. Prohibited and hazardous employment—Special restrictions for minors under the age of 16](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_296_125_033.md)
- [WAC 296-125-043 WAC 296-125-043. Minimum wages—Minors](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_296_125_043.md)
- [WAC 296-125-0200 WAC 296-125-0200. If I plan to employ minors in my business, what general requirements do I have to satisfy?](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_296_125_0200.md)
- [WAC 296-125-0210 WAC 296-125-0210. Do I need minor work permit endorsements for my business?](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_296_125_0210.md)
- [WAC 296-125-0211 WAC 296-125-0211. What if I employ minors at several different workplaces?](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_296_125_0211.md)
- [WAC 296-125-0220 WAC 296-125-0220. Are there working condition restrictions which may be placed on my minor work permit endorsements?](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_296_125_0220.md)
- [WAC 296-125-0221 WAC 296-125-0221. Do my minor work permit endorsements expire?](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_296_125_0221.md)
- [WAC 296-125-0222 WAC 296-125-0222. Can I renew my minor work permit endorsements?](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_296_125_0222.md)

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