The Los Angeles City Council has approved raising the minimum wage rate for hotel and airport workers to $22.50 per hour by July 2025, with yearly increases until the rate reaches $30.00 per hour by July 2028.

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• On December 11, 2024, the Los Angeles City Council approved yearly incremental increases to the minimum wage rate for airport and hotel workers in the city, beginning with an increase to $22.50 per hour on July 1, 2025, until the rate reaches $30.00 per hour on July 1, 2028.
• The City Council also approved an increase in healthcare benefit payments for hotel workers to $8.25 per hour beginning on July 1, 2025, with annual adjustments.

On December 11, 2024, the Los Angeles City Council voted 12-3 in favor of a motion directing the city attorney to prepare legislation to amend the Living Workers Ordinance (LWO) and the Los Angeles Citywide Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance (HWMO) to institute yearly minimum wage rate increases for airport and hotel workers up to $30.00 per hour on July 1, 2028, just weeks before Los Angeles is set to host the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The airport and hotel worker minimum wage hike, commonly called the “Olympic Wage,” comes amid pressure from unions and workers groups to increase wages for workers in the tourism industry.

Minimum Wage Increases

The motion calls for raises to the hourly wage for airport and hotel workers as follows:

• $22.50 per hour on July 1, 2025
• $25.00 per hour on July 1, 2026
• $27.50 per...

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