Minimum Wage In California 2024 For Medical. From june 1, 2024, to may 31, 2026, the minimum wage increases to $21/hour. California's health care minimum wage gradually raises pay for workers at least $25 an hour.
By june 2026, most salaried health care employees must be making $78,000 annually to be exempt from the new minimum wage and overtime pay requirements. Gavin newsom wants to postpone a minimum wage increase for california health care workers that is scheduled to take effect in june.