California Minimum Salary 2025. The department announced that california’s minimum wage will increase by 3.5% to $16.00 per hour for all employers as of january 1, 2025. California proposition 32, the $18 minimum wage initiative, is on the ballot in california as an initiated state statute on november 5, 2025.

Stay compliant with updated wage rates. Some half a million workers in california are getting a big bump up in pay.