The minimum wage in California will increase again in the new year. Effective Jan. 1, 2026, minimum wage workers across the state will earn $16.90 an hour, up from the current rate of $16.50. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fast food workers gather at SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles as Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation raising their minimum wage to $20 ...

On July 31, 2026, California Director of Finance Joe Stephenshaw released the calculated minimum wage adjustment for 2027, which raises the state minimum wage rate by $0.50 per hour, a 2.99 percent ...

Workers across California are on track for another pay bump, and the timing feels urgent as household budgets keep straining under everyday costs. Gov. Gavin Newsom confirmed Friday that the statewide ...

California will establish a $19.75 minimum wage for certain agricultural workers beginning Jan. 1, 2027, with annual cost-of-living adjustments. The post California’s ag minimum wage climbing toward ...

California’s wage-and-hour framework is deliberately interconnected. A change in the statewide minimum wage—the foundation on which many other wage rules rest—triggers a cascade of downstream ...

California's minimum wage is set to rise to $17.40 an hour, effective January 1, 2027. But various local and industry-specific wages may exceed this statewide rate. Certain cities such as San ...

California’s minimum wage is going up in 2026. Starting Jan. 1, the new minimum wage will be set at $16.90, an increase of 40 cents from 2025. The hourly rate has been increasing every year since 2023 ...

California’s minimum wage is rising to $17.40 per hour, starting next Jan. 1. It’s an automatic increase, though Gavin Newsom is trying to take credit for it — which tells you the current state of ...

Unruly Republic: The Governor of California's new book, 'Young Man in a Hurry,' romanticizes a hard-knocks past that he doesn’t want anyone else to live. It's a similar approach to the U.S. Vice ...