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Minimum wage by state by year. In the United States, the minimum wage is set by U.S. labor law and a range of state and local laws. [4] The first federal minimum wage was instituted in the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but later found to be unconstitutional. [5]
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 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.
AB 1228 went into effect in the Golden State April 1, setting a $20 per hour minimum wage for those working at fast food restaurants with less than 60 locations nationwide and restaurants located ...
1956. Minimum wage: $1 In 2024 money: $11.29 On Mar. 1, 1956, the minimum wage was raised by one-third, just as it had been in 1945. For the first time in history, those entering the workforce ...
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 ...
In California, the minimum wage has been raised in stages since 2016, starting from a rate of $10 per hour, and will reach $15 per hour in 2022. [80] Several cities in California have already raised the minimum wage to $15 or more, including Berkeley, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Mountain View, San Francisco, San Jose, San Mateo, and Sunnyvale. [81]
Department of Labor poster notifying employees of rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 29 U.S.C. § 203 [1] (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week.