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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]
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California voters narrowly rejected a minimum wage hike to $18, by a reported margin of 51-49, marking the first such failure of that type of ballot initiative since 1996. ... 2024 at 10:02 AM ...
Voters in California have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, the highest in the country. Opponents, including the California Chamber ...
California's ballot measure, Proposition 32, would raise the state’s current minimum wage of $16 to $17 for the remainder of 2024 for employers with at least 26 employees, increasing to $18 per hour starting in January 2025. Without it, the state's minimum wage is set to increase to $16.50 per hour next year.
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.
Read more:Your guide to Proposition 32: an $18 hourly minimum wage for all Californians Proposition 33 This measure would allow cities and counties to enact rent control.
Raises the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, then annually adjusts it for inflation. [27] 33: Failed Repeals the Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act of 1995, allowing cities to once again establish their own rent controls on single-family dwellings, condominiums, and residential properties completed after February 1, 1995. [28] 34: Passed