New Minimum Wage 2024 California Fast Food. The state is still working out who will benefit from the $20 minimum wage for fast food workers that starts monday. As of january 1, 2024, the statewide minimum wage was $16 an hour.
Starting april 1, 2024, all “fast food restaurant employees” who are covered by the new law must be paid at least $20.00 per hour. An automated screen to select and order your food is shown at a mcdonald’s restaurant in del mar, california as the state began a new wage law on april 1, 2024.