While workers across many jurisdictions have already seen minimum wage increases this year, some Americans are still due for a bump in 2025, including many workers in California.
Jan. 1, 2025 marked a popular day for pay increases across the U.S., as 21 states and 48 cities raised their minimum wage rates. Meanwhile, planned hikes are in place for California and at least three other states and more than a dozen cities through the end of 2025, according to a report by the worker advocacy group National Employment Law Project.
At the federal level, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va. introduced on April 8 the Raise the Wage Act, proposing to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $17 per hour and gradually end the "subminimum" wage for tipped workers. However, it faces a Republican trifecta across Congress and the White House.
Here is what to know about minimum wage increases going into effect in California and across the country in 2025.
According to data compiled by the National Employment Law Project, the following states have enacted minimum wage increases after the New Year or are set for increases later this year:
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