Page last updated on 12/18/23
California State Minimum Wage for Hourly Employees:
Beginning on January 1, 2024, the minimum hourly wage for Employers of all sizes is $16.00/hour.
California State Minimum Wage for Exempt Employees: Beginning on January 1, 2024, the minimum salary for Exempt employees in California will increase to $66,560/year, or $1,280/week. 1
Upcoming California State Minimum Wage for Fast Food Employees: Beginning April 1, 2024, AB 1228 will go into effect, setting the Minimum Wage for certain Fast Food employees in the state of California to $20.00/hour. For more information, visit: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1228
The cities and counties listed below have specific minimum wages. If a city or county is not listed below, it follows the state minimum wage.
- Under Section 515 of the California Labor Code, most exempt white collar employees must earn a monthly salary equivalent to no less than two times the state minimum wage for full-time employment.
- Beginning January 1, 2023, hotel employees (whether employed directly by a hotel or by a contractor of a hotel) working at hotels with 50 or more guest rooms or suites of rooms in the City of Oakland must be paid certain minimum wages. For more information on Oakland’s Measure Z with current Hotel Worker’s Minimum Wage Rates, visit https://cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/Measure_Z_English_Poster_Set_2024.pdf
For more information, visit the State of California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Minimum Wage page: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/faq_minimumwage.htm