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Washington Minimum Wage 2027 Payroll Checker
Washington minimum wage 2027 payroll checker for small employers: list your workers in Excel or Google Sheets and the sheet flags everyone paid below the new floor that starts 01/01/2027, shows the raise each person needs and adds up what it costs.
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What's inside
- WA_Minimum_Wage_2027_Payroll_Checker_Blank.xlsx
- WA_Minimum_Wage_2027_Payroll_Checker_Example.xlsx
- WA_Pay_Change_Notice_2027_Blank.docx
- WA_Pay_Change_Notice_2027_Example.docx
What's included:
- WA_Minimum_Wage_2027_Payroll_Checker_Example.xlsx – filled-in bakery with 14 workers: 8 need a raise, 1 needs a city rate, extra cost $192.72 a week and $11,023.50 for 2027
- WA_Minimum_Wage_2027_Payroll_Checker_Blank.xlsx – the same checker, blank, for 40 workers
- 2027 floor per worker: state $17.73, age 14–15 $15.07, Seattle $22.14, or the rate you enter for another city
- Salaried exempt check: $1,595.70 a week for 1–50 employees, $1,773.00 for 51+; computer professionals paid hourly $62.06
- Status RAISE, OK or ENTER RATE, extra cost per week and for 2027 with your payroll tax + benefit load
- 2027 Rates sheet with sources, checked 10/19/2026
- Employer checklist: 13 tasks with due dates before 01/01/2027 and days left
- WA_Pay_Change_Notice_2027_Example.docx and _Blank.docx – pay rate change notice, page 1 English, page 2 Spanish, with signature lines
How to edit: open the .xlsx in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets or LibreOffice Calc and type into the yellow cells. Open the .docx in Microsoft Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice Writer and replace each [field].
Format: US Letter, each sheet one page wide, also prints on A4 · .xlsx and .docx · US format (01/01/2027 · $1,234.56). A planning aid, not legal or payroll advice.
- Fill-in guide in every file: a “Fill in with AI” chapter with ready-made sentences for an AI chat assistant, matched to the template’s fields
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A template you fill in yourself — not legal or tax advice.