Ca Minimum Wage 2024 Yearly Increase. Oakland —california’s minimum wage will increase to $15.50 per hour for all employers on january 1, 2023. 1, 2024, according to the department of industrial relations (dir).

Gavin newsom wants to delay its start date because of its cost. California proposition 32, the $18 minimum wage initiative, is on the ballot in california as an initiated state statute on november 5, 2024.