Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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 ...
As of Jan. 1, 2024, the state minimum wage in California is $16 per hour. However, employers in some industries or locations are subject to higher minimum wage requirements. ... 2024, the minimum ...
It’s great that California has a higher minimum wage than, say, the more expensive state of Hawaii ($14 per hour), but let’s be real: how can someone get by on $16 an hour (which, if you work ...
The Raise the Wage Act of 2017, which was simultaneously introduced in the House of Representatives with 166 Democratic cosponsors, would raise the minimum wage to $9.25 per hour immediately, and then gradually increase it to $15 per hour by 2024, while simultaneously raising the minimum wage for tipped workers and phasing it out. [171]
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?
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.