California’s fast food sector reportedly shed 18,000 jobs after the $20 minimum wage took effect in April 2024 The NBER study found a 3.2 percent decline in California fast food jobs compared to ...

California 's dramatic fast food wage hike may have backfired, according to a new economic study – wiping out an estimated 18,000 jobs across the state in just one year. The research, published ...

National Bureau of Economic Research study finds California lost thousands of fast food jobs following the $20 minimum wage increase implemented in April 2024.

Though in the same month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed California had approximately 750,000 fast food jobs, roughly 11,000 more than when the higher minimum wage law took effect.

The new state minimum wage will be $16.90 per hour, a 40-cent increase over the 2025 wage of $16.50. This adjustment represents a 2.5% increase, based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage ...

In 2010, the then minister for finance Brian Lenihan reduced the minimum wage rate by €1 to €7.65 as part of the State's four-year recovery plan. The reduction has since been restored.