As of January 1, 2025, the current minimum wage in California is $16.50 per hour. It is illegal for California employers to pay workers less than minimum wage.
California’s minimum wage for most workers in the state is $16 an hour. Voters will decide in November whether to increase the rate gradually to $18 an hour by 2026, which would be the highest statewide minimum wage in the U.S. Fast food workers in California now have to be paid at...
The minimum wage in California is set to increase on January 1, 2023. The state-wide California minimum wage will rise to $15.50 per hour for all employer sizes. Currently, in 2022, the minimum wage in California is $14 an hour for employers with 25 or fewer employees and $15 an hour...
If the measure passes, minimum wage would immediately increase to $17 an hour in California for employers with 26 or more employees. On Jan. 1, 2025, California workers at those businesses would receive a roughly 5.9% raise to $18, making the state's minimum wage the highest in the natio...
2025 State Minimum Wage Rates +- Zoom level changed to 1 State 2025 Minimum Wage (effective 1/1/24 except as noted) Alabama*** $7.25 Alaska $13.00 (effective July 1, 2025) Arizona $14.70 Arkansas* $11.00 California** $16.50(Wage by city in California) Colorado** $14.81 Connecticut $16...
The state has added the issue of raising the minimum wage to its ballot this election. Voters will decide in November whetherCaliforniashould raise its hourly minimum wage to $18 by 2026 and pay workers what would be the highest statewide minimum wage in the country. ...
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 pa...
Most of California's fast food workers are set to be paid at least $20 per hour. A new law mandating the minimum wage increase for fast food workers is scheduled to take effect on Monday.
For example, the minimum wage in San Francisco is $18.67 per hour (as of July 1, 2024). Employers in San Francisco must pay employees at least the local base wage because it is greater than both the state and federal minimums.
- The state Senate approved a minimum wage increase yesterday that might help Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger score points with the working poor. But the deal has irked business leaders and Republican legislators who say the governor is more interested in election-year politics than their fiscal ...