Lane, Charles
The original measure would have raised employee wages to as much as $22 an hour. However, a deal was struck between lawmakers and franchise groups that allowed the minimum wage to go up to $20 in exchange for the initiative being pulled. Experts say past wage increases in California did...
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...
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...
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 ...
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.
“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. ...
California has a minimum wage of $15.50 per hour. Cities like Seattle and San Francisco have minimum wages exceeding $18 per hour. Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers To understand how minimum wage laws work in the United States (and also around the world), it helps to understand who, ...
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)...
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 ...