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 ...

However, that pace of GDP growth in the state has dropped ... most new jobs in California aren’t concentrated in high-wage sectors. Over the last 10 years, 62% of jobs added in California ...

California workers ended 2024 with the nation’s fifth-largest pay raises, despite sluggish job creation. My trusty ...

We keep trying to give people more in wages rather than bringing down some of the core costs,” one Democrat said at the ...

Wage growth was smaller among California service industries. Personal services’ weekly pay grew 19% to $1,044, education-health was up 19% to $1,260, information rose 19% to $2,217, financial ...

an effect of wildfires in California and bad winter weather across the country, said Bill Adams, chief economist at Comerica Bank. “When a natural disaster hits, you often see wage growth pick ...

California has seen job openings plunge 30 ... construction and home care despite minimum wage growth in fast food,” Ted Jenkin, co-founder and business consultant at oXYGen Financial, told ...

151; -- The minimum wage for California workers will jump to $15 ... including negative job growth or retail sales. Gov. Jerry Brown can also act by Sept. 1 of each year to pause the next year's ...