CA Minimum Wage Increases: Cities With The Highest Pay In 2025
According to an inventory compiled by the UC Berkeley Labor Center, 40 cities and counties in California have pay rates higher than the state minimum wage.
According to an inventory compiled by the UC Berkeley Labor Center, 40 cities and counties in California have pay rates higher than the state minimum wage.
Upon implementation of the healthcare worker minimum wage increase, nearly half a million healthcare workers in California will enjoy higher pay with an average annual earnings increase of $6,400 in the first year.
According to an inventory compiled by the UC Berkeley Labor Center, 40 cities and counties in California have pay rates higher than the state minimum wage. Like the statewide minimum wage, all planned 2024 increases are around 3 percent compared to last year.
Most fast food workers 18 and older are the main providers for their families, according to Enrique Lopezlira, director of the University of California-Berkeley Labor Center’s Low Wage Work Program.
The report showed that even before the pandemic, East Bay workers were struggling with low wages, high housing costs and other challenges.
According to an inventory compiled by the UC Berkeley Labor Center, 40 cities and Counties in California have their own ordinances with rates higher than that minimum amount.