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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]
In Maine, the minimum wage will increase to $14.65, rising 50 cents. ... California's minimum is going to $16.50, up 50 cents due to an inflation adjustment. Colorado's base hour wage is rising to ...
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.
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]
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.
A new law in California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour next year.. In the US, there are over 5 million people employed in the fast-food restaurant industry as of ...
California implemented its $20 minimum wage law for fast-food workers on Monday, bumping pay up to 25% from the state’s $16 minimum. Impacting over 500,000 workers in the state, ...
The state's minimum wage for large employers is currently $15 an hour, with employers that have fewer than 26 workers paying $14 an hour. California's minimum wage will rise to $15.50, triggered ...