State Of Ca Minimum Wage 2025. Gavin newsom wants to delay its start date because of its cost. This means effective january 1, 2025, california’s minimum wage will increase to $16.00 per hour for all employers, regardless of size.
Some cities and counties in california have a local minimum wage that. Proposition 32 would raise the minimum wage to $17 for the remainder of 2025, and $18 an hour starting in january 2025 — a bump from the current $16.