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The year-end pay increases boosted California’s weekly wage to $1,872. That’s 24% above the nation’s $1,507 and fifth-highest nationally.

Higher wages, not enough hours in a week California fast food workers are now the highest paid in the nation. Pay for impacted workers jumped 8% to 9% on average since April 2024, according to Reich.

So wage growth in only five of these big job markets topped the cost-of-living surge. Jonathan Lansner is the business columnist for the Southern California News Group.