Minimum Wage California 2024 July 2024. The state of california’s minimum wage is set to increase to $16.50 per hour (an increase of $0.50 from the current minimum wage of $16.00), on january 1, 2025. Download, graph, and track economic data.
Federal and state minimum wage rates, annual. Jerry brown signed a law that ratcheted up the pay floor from $10.50 in 2017.