An aircraft engine is the component of the propulsion system for an aircraft that generates mechanical power. Aircraft engines are almost always either lightweight piston engines or gas turbines, except for small multicopter UAVs which are almost always electric aircraft.
Voters approve minimum wage increase to $13.50 in Washington state. Washingtonâs low-wage workers can expect to earn at least $13.50 an hour by 2020 under a ballot measure that won easily. Share story. Washingtonâs low-wage workers can expect to earn at least $13.50 an hour by 2020 under a ballot measure that won Tuesday night.
Across the state, just 1.4 percent of full-time-equivalent jobs earned Washingtonâs minimum wage of $9.47 in 2016, a drop from 2.1 percent in 2015, according to the state Employment Security Department. The decrease is largely due to Seattleâs rising minimum wage, which lifted many people to higher earnings.