Contents. 1  1 Minimum wages by country (European countries) 2  2 Minimum wages by country (other countries) 3  3 Minimum wages by country (other territories)  4 For 1  comparison. 5 Countries with no minimum wage.  6 See 1  also. 7 References.  8 External links.
Under Californiaâs plan, its minimum wage, currently one of the highest in the nation at $10 an hour, would rise to $10.50 in 2017, $11 in 2018 and a dollar each year through 2022. The pact was also hailed by labor advocates.
Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation on Sept. 25, 2013, raising Californiaâs minimum wage to $9 per hour on July 1, 2014, with a final adjustment to $10 per hour on January 1, 2016. It marked the first increase in Californiaâs hourly minimum since 2008, when the minimum wage was raised 50 cents to $8. Los Angeles City Mayor Eric Garcetti, in early June, signed into law a bill raising the minimum wage from $9 an hour to $15 over the next five years for Los Angeles.