In-N-Out Burger will open in its ninth state on Wednesday, Aug. 20, according to a news release from the Southern California-based chain.

The new drive-thru is in Ridgefield, Wash., a city of about 16,000 people. It’s on Interstate 5, less than 20 miles from the Columbia River, which divides Washington from Oregon, and about a half-hour drive from Portland, Ore.

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The new restaurant will employ about 80 people with a starting wage of $18.75 an hour. That’s above Washington State’s minimum wage of $16.66 an hour. In-N-Out pays above minimum wage in California as well. Its most recent opening in its home state was in Modesto on July 9, where workers start at $22.

In-N-Out has restaurants in California, where it was founded in 1948, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Col

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