- California’s minimum wage is adjusted every year for inflation.
- Californians will see the minimum wage increase to $16.90 per hour, a boost of 40 cents, starting Jan. 1.
- Voters last November narrowly rejected a ballot measure that would have increased the minimum wage to $18 per hour.
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Californians will see the minimum wage increase to $16.90 per hour starting Jan. 1. The adjustment — a boost of 40 cents per hour — was calculated in August by the Department of Finance as part of its minimum wage annual review required by state law.
California has been raising its minimum wage over the past decade. Former Gov. Jerry Brown in 2016 signed a watershed law to increase minimum wage from $10.50 per hour to $15 per hour, plus annual adjustments for inflation…