Lane, Charles
Washington has the nation’s highest minimum wage, clocking in at $9.47, while Oregon has a minimum wage of $9.25 in second place. California plans to raise its minimum wage to $10 per hour in 2016. Minimum wage increases have been fairly steady since 1938. There have been two major bre...
Beginning January 1, 2024, the statewide minimum wage in California will increase to $16.00/hour, but some cities within the state may require higher wages. Many CA city minimum wages are determined by the cost of living and are much higher than federal or state minimums. Some cities in Ca...
As of January 1, 2024, the current minimum wage in California is $16.00 per hour. It is illegal for California employers to pay workers less than minimum wage.
Almost all employees in California must be paid the state or local minimum wage for all hours worked. See Minimum Wage. There are some exemptions to the minimum wage, but those exemptions are not the same as under federal law. See Exemptions. Employers must be particularly careful to avoid ...
California's minimum wage for most workers in the state is $16 an hour. Voters will decide in November whether to increase that gradually to $18 an hour, which would be the highest statewide minimum wage in the U.S., by 2026. Fast food workers in California must now have to be pai...
Experts say past wage increases in California did not lead to employers laying off workers to compensate for a more expensive employee payroll. "Employers have had it very good. Profits are high in the industry," said Michael Reich with UC Berkeley. "And so there's also room for them t...
StateState Minimum Wage (2024) Alabama* $7.25 Alaska $11.73 Arizona $14.35 Arkansas $11.00 California $16.00 $20.00 for fast food restaurant employees covered by California’s Fast Food Minimum Wage law Colorado $14.42 Connecticut $15.69 D.C. $17.05 (increases to $17.50 on July 1, 2024)...
“Workers need a living wage,” is California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stubborn justification for signing the $20 per hour fast-food minimum wage bill into law. “We saw the inequities….We had a responsibility to do more.” Math is hard. ...
Minimum wage rates exceed the federal rate in 30 states and the District of Columbia as of January 2024. The District of Columbia has the highest minimum wage at $17 per hour. The second highest is Washington State at $16.28. New York and California are tied for third place at $16.11 ...