Some Seattle restaurants struggle with $15 minimum wage Wage rate (dollars per hour) 5 years later 16 00- Seattle voted to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour nearly five S years ago. It radically changed the way restaurants do business 15.00- Whether that is good or bad depends on who's talking. Source: KOMO News, May 18, 2019 14.00- What is the effect of the $15 an hour minimum wage on employment? 13.00- 12.00 The graph shows the market for restaurant workers 11.00 Draw a point to show the wage rate and the number of restaurant workers employed if the minimum wage is: 10.00- 1) $13 an hour. Label the point 1 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 2) $15 an hour. Label the point 2. Quantity (thousands of workers)