State Of California Minimum Wage 2025. Fast food restaurant employers, effective april 1, 2024, and healthcare facility employers, effective october 16, 2024 (see below), have a higher minimum wage. 1 letter from the state finance director.

The minimum wage in california will increase from $16.00 per hour to $16.50 per hour on january 1, 2025. The california department of finance calculated that the average consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers from july 1, 2023, to june 30, 2024,.