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Delivery and gig workers in Seattle are earning significantly more, according to the city's Office of Labor Standards.

The result of new laws requiring workers to receive per task minimum pay based on mileage and time spent on the job.

During our week of coverage on wage theft last month, we told you about a set of first of their kind ordinances Seattle passed back in 2022.

Last week, the Office of Labor Standards released a report looking at how those rules affected pay at the five largest companies in the first 18 months after the ordinances started.

Researchers found that under the minimum wage ordinance, gig workers averaged about $16 an hour.

This includes time spent on the app looking for jobs.

It's a significant jump from what researchers were seeing before the law passed.

When outside studies found some workers earning as little as $3.17 an hour.

And tips now make up a smaller percentage of a worker's overall earnings.

So those are positive things for workers.

It again provides transparency for the workers.

It provides for predictability for the workers and workers can focus on doing their job and not have to worry about chasing tips.

And all the variables that get involved with why people tip and how people tip.

OLS also found that fees charged by the companies, which make up about 19% of what customers pay, crept up slightly during the study period.

This year, DoorDash also released its own report on the law's impact.

It claims workers in Seattle actually make 20% less per hour after the ordinance.

We'll continue our follow up week with a check in on an Edmonds School District student robotics team that we introduced you to last March.

I'm Paris Jackson.

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