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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.
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.
One of these employers offers nearly $29 an hour.
Click on states on that map to see exact minimum wage info by state. ... California 16.00 Colorado 14.42 ... Through July 1, 2024. 07:04, 10 April 2024:
One of these employers offers $27 an hour.
Two fast food workers share how their pay stacks up against California’s high living costs. Minimum wage in California is going up again in 2024. Is it enough to live on?
Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers are trying to negotiate the wage increase as the state faces a ... projected the new minimum wage law would cost $4 billion to implement in fiscal year 2024-2025. ...