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Nearly half the states in the U.S. are set for minimum wage increases on Jan. 1, which will mean a pay hike for some 9.2 million workers, according to recent data. An analysis by The Economic ...
Millions of low-wage earners are getting a raise in 2025 as 21 states are slated to hike their minimum pay starting Jan. 1. State laws that index the minimum wage to inflation are behind 13 of the ...
The federal minimum wage continues to sit at $7.25 an hour, a rate that hasn’t budged since 2009. As of now, 20 US states have a minimum wage at or below the federal level, with a handful ...
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]
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 ...
The council will have the power to increase the fast-food workers’ minimum wage annually from 2025 through 2029 — with pay hikes capped to whichever is lower: 3.5% or the annual change in the ...
Voters in California have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, the highest in the country. Opponents, including the California Chamber ...
California's new minimum wage legislation is now in force. As of April 1, the Golden State has raised the minimum wage for employees at fast food restaurants to $20 an hour, aiming to improve the ...