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California raised its minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 this year. In 2025, the minimum wage for other workers in the state will be raised to $16.50.
Hourly minimum wages increased in 21 states in 2025, mostly due to ongoing efforts to have pay keep up with the rising cost of living. ... The federal minimum wage continues to sit at $7.25 an ...
According to the study, here is a look at the median asking rent as of November 2024, the minimum wage in November 2024, the new minimum wage as of January 2025, the weekly work hours per renter ...
The federal minimum wage applies in states with no state minimum wage or a minimum wage lower than the federal rate (column titled "No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25."). Some of the state rates below are higher than the rate on the main table above. That is because the main table does not use the rate for cities or regions.
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]
Five states — including Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee — do not have a minimum wage, though they are subject to the federal hourly minimum wage of $7.25. 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 ...
And in California, voters will decide whether to raise the minimum wage to $18 per hour for employers with at least 26 employees and to $17 per hour for those with fewer employees, starting in 2025.
In 2016, California became the first state to pass a $15 hourly minimum wage under a law signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown, also a Democrat. About 40 cities and counties already have minimum wages ...