Minimum Wage California 2024 Health Care System. The minimum wage for most fast food workers in the state is $20 per hour, an increase that began in april and has had ripple effects statewide. On june 29, 2024, governor gavin newson signed senate bill (sb) 159, which includes revisions to california’s health care worker minimum wage, delaying the implementation of minimum wage increases to health care workers until at least october 15, 2024.

Gavin newsom signed two laws last year that increased the minimum wage for two groups: The minimum wage for most people in california is $16 per hour.