State Of Ca Minimum Wage 2025. The pros and cons of increasing california’s minimum wage september 9, 2025; California proposition 32, the $18 minimum wage initiative, is on the ballot in california as an initiated state statute on november 5, 2025.

Effective january 1, 2025, the minimum wage is $16.00 per hour for all employers, not otherwise covered by a higher minimum wage specific to an industry or a locality. Meanwhile, business owners say they’re passing the higher labor costs on to customers at the register.