California $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage 2025. The fast food council can establish a single statewide minimum wage for fast food restaurant employees or vary the minimum wage by region of the state. With a $20 minimum wage, an exempt worker’s minimum.

California’s minimum wage for fast food employees increases to $20 per hour starting april 1, 2024; California governor gavin newsom recently signed legislation into law that will raise the minimum wage from $15 per hour to $20 for fast food workers.