Brandi, back to you. microphone. thank you. Starting today, hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers will finally get a pay raise. The minimum wage for California’s lowest-paid health care workers will gradually increase to $25. 1 hour. The wage increases will affect more than 400,000 workers at facilities across the state, including cleaners and cooks. The pay increase was scheduled to go into effect over the summer, but was delayed due to state budget issues. The raise comes months after fast food workers receive a raise.
California minimum wage: New raises for health care workers take effect
Updated: October 16, 2024 9:31am PDT
Hundreds of thousands of California health care workers will finally receive a raise, with the minimum wage gradually increasing to $25. The new raises starting Wednesday were scheduled to go into effect in June, but were delayed due to state budget issues. This comes months after fast food workers raised their own minimum wage to $20 an hour. The minimum wage for most workers in California is $16, and the ballot includes a proposal to increase it. Proposition 32, if approved by voters in the November election, would raise the minimum wage to $18 over two years. For more information about the new minimum wage for healthcare workers, please see below. How many people will be affected by the minimum wage hike for health care workers? The Associated Press reported that about 350,000 people will see their wages increase starting Wednesday, according to the University of California, Berkeley Labor Center. The Associated Press also reported that many hospitals have already begun implementing wage increases, but at what point will the minimum wage start? Hospitals or integrated health systems with 10,000 or more full-time employees: $23 Dialysis clinics: $23 Safety net hospitals: $18 Intermittent clinics, community clinics, rural clinics, urgent care clinics associated with regional or local clinics Places: $21 Other types of medical care Non-county operated nursing homes: $21 When will health care workers make $25 an hour?Minimum wage will eventually increase to $25 an hour But not all classes of workers are set on the same schedule. For example, hospitals with 10,000 or more full-time employees will receive $25 from July 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027. See the complete schedule here. –The Associated Press contributed to this report. For more information about the November election, including key issues and other races on the ballot, check out the KCRA 3 Voter Guide. For more political news from the national team, click here.
Hundreds of thousands of California health care workers will finally receive a raise, with the minimum wage gradually increasing to $25.
The new raises starting Wednesday were scheduled to go into effect in June, but were delayed due to state budget issues.
This comes months after fast food workers raised their own minimum wage to $20 an hour.
The minimum wage for most workers in California is $16, and the ballot includes a proposal to increase it. Proposition 32, if approved by voters in the November election, would raise the minimum wage to $18 over two years.
Learn more about the new minimum wage for healthcare workers below.
How many people will be affected by the minimum wage increase for health care workers?
The Associated Press reported that about 350,000 people will get pay increases starting Wednesday, according to the University of California, Berkeley Labor Center.
The Associated Press also reported that many hospitals have already begun implementing wage increases.
What is the initial minimum wage?
Hospitals or integrated health systems with 10,000 or more full-time employees: $23 Dialysis clinics: $23 Safety net hospitals: $18 Intermittent clinics, community clinics, rural clinics, urgent care clinics associated with regional or local clinics Places: $21 Other types of medical care facilities not operated by the county: $21
When will health care workers receive $25 an hour?
The minimum wage would eventually rise to $25 an hour, but not all classes of workers would be set on the same schedule.
For example, hospitals with 10,000 or more full-time employees will reach $25 from July 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027.
See the complete schedule here.
–The Associated Press contributed to this report.
For more information about the November election, including key issues and other races on the ballot, check out the KCRA 3 Voter Guide. For more political news from the national team, click here.
