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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]
[162] [163] In 2016 New York and California became the first states to pass legislation that would gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour in each state, [164] [165] followed by Massachusetts in 2018. [166] In April 2014, the U.S. Senate debated the minimum wage on the federal level by way of the Minimum Wage Fairness Act.
It’s great that California has a higher minimum wage than, say, the more expensive state of Hawaii ($14 per hour), but let’s be real: how can someone get by on $16 an hour (which, if you work ...
A worker stocks grocery items at Northgate Market in Los Angeles. California voters have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state's hourly minimum wage to $18 from $16.
This measure would increase California's hourly minimum wage from $16 to $18 and ... cities including West Hollywood have moved ahead of the state minimum to as much as $19.08 an hour. ...
In April 2024, fast food workers will begin earning a minimum of $20 an hour due to the passage of Assembly Bill 1228. The bill came after a previous bill was passed requiring a $22 minimum wage.
California is raising the minimum wage for fast food restaurant employees to $20 per hour starting April 1, 2024. This is $4 more than the state's overall minimum wage.