Minimum Wage 2024 By State Analysis. Five states have not adopted their own minimum wage rate law and, therefore, default to the federal rate of $7.25. In all, 65 cities, counties and states will hike their wage floors at the start of 2024, the majority of them hitting at least $15 per hour, according to an analysis by the national employment law project (nelp), a group that advocates for higher minimum wages.
Assembly bill 610, written by assemblymember chris holden to amend the labor code section of assembly. If the highest federal minimum wage is increased in excess of the state minimum wage in effect, then the state minimum wage will increase to the same amount, effective on the same date as the increase in the federal minimum wage.