Renton
Renton's minimum wage applies to large and mid-size employers only: $21.57 an hour as of October 21, 2026, rising to $22.28 on January 1, 2027. A mid-size employer has at least 15 but no more than 500 employees worldwide, or over $2 million of annual gross revenue in Renton. Other employers aren't covered by the city rate and must meet Washington's state minimum wage, $17.13 in 2026.
In Renton, the first question for a cleaning company is which tier it falls in, because the city rate reaches only large and mid-size employers. This page covers the two tiers, the January 2027 increase, the state rate for everyone else, and what the tier means for your books. For payroll registration and the rest of the state picture, see the Washington page.
The city's Labor Standards page, under Renton Municipal Code (RMC) 5.28, defines a large employer as one with more than 500 employees worldwide, along with certain franchises. A mid-size employer has at least 15 but no more than 500 employees worldwide, or more than $2 million of annual gross revenue in Renton. The city rate applies to hours worked in Renton. Employers outside both tiers aren't covered by the city rate and must meet the Washington State minimum wage. Which tier your company falls in is a question for the city or an employment attorney.
Source: City of Renton, Finance (Tax and Licensing), Labor Standards (no page date shown)
For large and mid-size employers, the rate is $21.57 an hour as of October 21, 2026, and the city's page doesn't state when that rate took effect. On January 1, 2027 it rises to $22.28, which the city calls the final scheduled increase in the phase-in period for midsize employers.
Source: City of Renton, Finance (Tax and Licensing), Labor Standards (no page date shown)
Washington's state rate is $17.13 an hour, effective January 1, 2026, and $17.73 starting January 1, 2027, according to the Department of Labor & Industries.
Source: Washington Department of Labor & Industries, 2026 Minimum Wage Announcement
Two of the numbers behind the tiers, headcount and Renton revenue, can live in your books. I record wages at the rate actually paid for hours worked in Renton, separate from hours elsewhere, so every single dollar of Renton labor points back to a timesheet and a rate. Renton work can get its own income line too, which keeps that revenue figure ready if the city or an attorney asks, though the tier call itself isn't mine to make. The job profitability estimator shows what $22.28 does to a Renton contract.
I'm a bookkeeper, not a CPA or an Enrolled Agent. I keep labor and revenue recorded; tier and coverage questions go to the city or an employment attorney.
Rules checked against the sources above as of October 20, 2026. Rates and rules change; confirm current figures with the agency or your CPA.
About Figure Eight Financial
Figure Eight Financial is Dave Gordon’s bookkeeping practice for residential and commercial cleaning companies. I work with owners in Renton and across the country, and I’m a Certified QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor.
Before bookkeeping I studied computer science at Penn State and spent a career at IBM as an engineer, so I build the books as a system: data comes in once, lands in the right place, and ties back to a statement. I’m a bookkeeper, not a CPA or Enrolled Agent. I keep the books your CPA works from, and the tax decisions stay with your CPA.
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Renton's rate reaches only large and mid-size employers, and one of the mid-size tests runs on gross revenue earned in Renton. Renton work gets its own income line and its labor is recorded at the wage actually paid, so both numbers are easy to pull. Book a short call below and tell me how your Renton jobs are set up today.
The core service. Transactions recorded and categorized, every account reconciled so the books and the bank agree, and monthly reports that arrive explained, split by residential and commercial and sliceable per contract.
The full picture of how this works for a cleaning companyFor the months where nothing got entered at all. I fill in the missing periods from the ground up, pulling bank feeds, statements, and receipts until every month has a complete set of records.
How catch-up bookkeeping worksFor books that exist but can’t be trusted. I audit what’s there, fix the unreconciled accounts, duplicate transactions, and wrong categories, and tie every balance back to a statement.
How cleanup bookkeeping worksYour crews paid on time, every pay period, with each payroll run recorded in the books so labor shows up against the jobs it belongs to.
How payroll worksRecurring invoices that match your contracts, an aging report you can trust, and follow-up on slow payers handled by a process instead of your evenings. Built for net-60 commercial accounts.
How invoicing and receivables workA file built right for a cleaning company from day one, or rebuilt after the DIY version drifts, and then I teach you to run it. I’m a Certified QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor, and this is honestly my favorite part of the job.
How a proper setup worksWe start with a short call about your business and where the books stand. The first conversation doesn’t cost anything.
I take a look at what you’ve got, your QuickBooks file, your spreadsheet, whatever exists.
You get a written proposal with the price, so the decision is yours with the number in hand.
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Not sure where your company lands on Renton's tiers? Bring your headcount and your Renton revenue, and we'll look at what the books show. The first conversation doesn't cost anything.
