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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]
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.
Proposition 32, which would have raised California's minimum wage to $18 per hour, was narrowly beaten back as only 49.2% of voters supported the proposed hike. The current minimum wage in the ...
Meanwhile, California enacted industry-specific hourly wages in 2023: Fast-food workers now earn a minimum wage of $20 an hour starting in April, while health care workers will make at least $25 ...
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.
Colorado's base hour wage is rising to $14.81, up 39 cents, due to inflation.Connecticut workers will make an hourly minimum of $16.35, up 66 cents, and adjusted for inflation.Delaware's minimum ...
State Minimum Wage Laws. ... California 16.00 Colorado 14.42 Connecticut ... Maryland 15.00 Massachusetts 15.00 Michigan 10.33 Minnesota
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 ...