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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.
The minimum wage for fast food workers will rise to $20 an hour in 2024. Some companies also pay more than the state requires. Costco, for example, raised its minimum wage to $17 an hour in 2021 ...
The highest state minimum wage in 2024 will be Washington state, at $16.28, up from $15.74. A close second is California, which is raising its minimum to $16 from $15.50 on January 1.
Fast-food workers and minimum-wage workers in more than 30 California cities will be seeing a pay increase in 2024.
Click on states on that map to see exact minimum wage info by state. ... State Sep 30, 2024 Alabama 7.25 Alaska 11.73 Arizona 14.35 Arkansas 11.00 California 16.00 ...
The state’s current minimum wage is $15.50 an hour and will increase to $16 an hour on January 1. The new hourly wage for fast food workers will take effect on April 1 of next year.
In April 2024, fast food workers will begin earning a minimum of $20 an hour due to the passage of Assembly Bill 1228. The bill came after a previous bill was passed requiring a $22 minimum wage.