California State Minimum Wage 2024. Nearly 16% of california workers earn less than $17 an hour — among the lowest rates in the country — per new data from oxfam, a global, nonprofit advocacy. When california’s minimum wage increase went into effect in april, fast food workers across the state went from making $16 to $20 overnight by jaimie ding |.

Here are 15 cities and two counties that increased their minimum wage on july 1, according to a roundup by human resources firm adp: When california’s minimum wage increase went into effect in april, fast food workers across the state went from making $16 to $20 overnight by jaimie ding |.