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In California, the state minimum wage as of January 1, 2024 was $16 per hour. [6] [note 1] As of July 2024, California had the highest minimum wage of any state and was the highest in the country except for some part of New York (which also have a $16/hour minimum wage) and the District of Columbia (which has a minimum wage of $17.50/hour). [9]
Washington will soon hold the highest statewide minimum at 28 cents more than California, $16.28. Washington D.C. has a minimum wage of $17. The $7.25 federal minimum hasn’t increased since 2009.
California already has one of the highest minimum wages in the country, trailing just the District of Columbia and Washington. The state’s minimum wage has doubled since 2010, most recently ...
With the increase, Washington continues to have the highest minimum wage of all states at $16.66, up 38 cents. Delaware will see the highest increase, from $13.25 to $15. Meanwhile, Minnesota has ...
Washington State minimum wage rises to $16.28 per hour and remains the highest state minimum wage in the United States throughout the year. [1] Seattle minimum wage rises to $19.97 per hour, the highest for a major U.S. city. [2] March 12: primaries 2024 Washington Democratic presidential primary; 2024 Washington Republican presidential primary
California's ballot measure, Proposition 32, would raise the state’s current minimum wage of $16 to $17 for the remainder of 2024 for employers with at least 26 employees, increasing to $18 per hour starting in January 2025. Without it, the state's minimum wage is set to increase to $16.50 per hour next year.
The highest state minimum wage in 2024 will be Washington state, at $16.28, up from $15.74. A close second is California, which is raising its minimum to $16 from $15.50 on January 1.
The Raise the Wage Act of 2017, which was simultaneously introduced in the House of Representatives with 166 Democratic cosponsors, would raise the minimum wage to $9.25 per hour immediately, and then gradually increase it to $15 per hour by 2024, while simultaneously raising the minimum wage for tipped workers and phasing it out. [174]