Ca Minimum Wage 2024 $20 A Year. Learn about the new law that raises the minimum wage for fast food employees in california to $20 per hour starting from april 1, 2024. A ballot initiative to increase the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026 for all employers and adjust it annually by inflation.

The law was influenced by a union and has a controversial exemption for bakeries. The initiative would replace the existing law that increases the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2023 and adjusts it by inflation.