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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 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.
Now, pointing to the state’s affordability issues, proponents of Proposition 32 would have you believe raising the minimum wage from $16 to $18 per hour offers a solution for entry-level workers ...
Five states — including Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee — do not have a minimum wage, though they are subject to the federal hourly minimum wage of $7.25. 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 ...
California's minimum wage for large employers stands at $15 an hour. A new inflation estimate released Thursday will boost all wages for low-income workers at all businesses to $15.50 an hour on ...
One of these employers offers nearly $29 an hour.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 has required a minimum wage of $2.13 for tipped workers, with the expectation that wages plus tips total no less than $7.25 per hour, since September 1, 1991. [190] The employer must pay the difference if total income does not add up to $7.25 per hour. [191] Non-tipped $7.25
California voters will decide this election whether to increase the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour, which would be the highest in the US.. The ballot measure, known as Proposition 32, calls ...