Minimum Wage: 10 Funny Tweets About Washington State's Minimum Wage

Unlike in many states across the country, most residents of the state of Washington are not complaining about the minimum wage in their state. A large reason for this is due to the fact that the minimum wage in Washington State is tied to living costs from the federal Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).

Each year as the cost of living increases, the minimum wage in Washington increases in accordance.

Reactions to one of the highest minimum wages in the nation can be seen all around the Twitterverse and are almost all positive and good for a chuckle.

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Here are a few funny tweets about the minimum wage in Washington state:

Zwarte Pete is getting a lot of heat this year but Santa says he gets Washington state minimum wage

— Laura Crawford (@CrawfordComic) November 17, 2014

Here's what yer new minimum wage is gonna get you morons in Washington state... pic.twitter.com/GzpQKgVnY9

— The Blind Pirate (@RealBlindPirate) January 21, 2015

In protest of Washington state minimum wage increases I'm starting the Washington Work For a Dollar Day. #screwyouinslee

— Sean K. Treasure (@sktreasure) March 22, 2015

Why won't @VoteBaumgartner schedule a vote for a minimum wage increase for Washington State? Because it would pass? #MinimumWage

— FunkSands (@funksands) April 1, 2015

Today, in my interview, I learned that Washington state minimum wage is NOT, in fact, $15/hour. That was awkward

— Vanessa (@TheTaco_Belle) June 25, 2015

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@OlympiaWatch @Oregonian @WPCSmallBiz Well with welfare fraud in Washington state, minimum wage folks should be good, eh😅

— #EnvyMeOnly1 (@EnvyMeGreatly) July 7, 2015

Washington state has the highest minimum wage in the country and their cost of living not too shabby either 👀

— Nicole (@IHateYourFacee) June 20, 2015

Washington State minimum wage rises 15 cents to $9.47 an hour http://t.co/mealG8sUIB & that's a whole lot of idiots being overpaid #tcot

— bobbi85710 (@bobbi85710) September 30, 2014

brb moving to washington state RT "Seattle Approves Country's Highest Minimum Wage of $15" http://t.co/dADJ0lFSJi via @NBCNews

— albertico (@contralbertof) June 3, 2014

Washington state minimum wage is $15...why am i still in college?

— Sharon Jina Kim (@k_sharon93) May 2, 2014

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