The $30-an-hour wage would become the highest minimum wage in America. Several cities in the state of Washington, including ...

State Minimum Wage On January 1, 2026, California’s minimum wage will increase from $16.50 to $16.90 per hour. Local Minimum Wage Also on January 1, 2026, several local municipalities will increase ...

The Living Wage for All Coalition is pushing for a $30 minimum wage, citing California’s high cost of living. Proponents have ...

California continues to set the pace in labor matters within the United States. This was to be expected, due to its diverse ...

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- One Southern California city will soon have the highest minimum wage in the nation as its city council passed a motion to increase it to $17.64 an hour. West Hollywood's ...

"On April 1, 2024, California raised its minimum wage from $16 to $20 per hour for fast-food workers employed at chains with ...

On August 1, 2025, California Director of Finance Joe Stephenshaw released the calculated minimum wage adjustment for 2026, which raises the state minimum wage rate by $0.40 per hour, a 2.49 percent ...

California’s wage-and-hour framework is deliberately interconnected. A change in the statewide minimum wage—the foundation on which many other wage rules rest—triggers a cascade of downstream ...

California officials just announced that the statewide minimum wage will increase for all employers to $16.90 on January 1, 2026, as required by the state’s annual inflation-based adjustment process.

Starting Jan. 1, the city of Sonoma’s hourly minimum wage rates will increase to $18.47 for employers of 26 or more employees ...

California’s hourly minimum wage will increase by 40 cents next year. The statewide minimum wage will increase to $16.90 from $16.50 an hour on Jan. 1, 2026. The director of the California Department ...