California Minimum Wage 2024 Increase 20. The new wage policy raised average hourly pay by 18 percent, lifting the earnings of workers in large fast food chains, 90 percent of whom previously earned below $20 per hour. A study from the university of california berkeley’s institute for research on labor and employment found that a california state law raised the minimum wage for.
Starting april 1, 2024, all “fast food restaurant employees” who are covered. 1, 2024, according to the department of industrial relations (dir).