State Of California Minimum Wage 2024. California’s minimum wage is scheduled to rise to $16.50 in 2025. Maria maldonado, the california fast food workers union statewide field director, leads a panel at the union membership launch event in los angeles on feb.

You can find a list of highest and lowest minimum wage rates here. In 2022, when the rate of inflation exceeded 7 percent, the state minimum wage was increased to $15.50.