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California has seen a consistent and significant increase in its minimum wage over the past decade. In 2014, the state’s minimum wage was $9.00 an hour. Today, it’s set at $16 an hour, rising ...
Consider minimum wage workers living in the Golden State: They make $16 per hour, which is the third-highest minimum wage in the country (second place goes to Washington at $16.28 and first place ...
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?
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]
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.
For advocates, it’s a long-overdue step to help workers cope with the state’s notoriously high cost of living. The average home value in California is $771,057, more than twice the national ...
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.
One of these employers offers nearly $29 an hour.