New Law Raises Minimum Wage for California Health-Care Workers

Many of the lowest-paid workers in California’s health-care industry will get a raise next year under a new state law Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed Friday setting minimum-wage increases across the sector.

The measure (S.B. 525) will set the minimum wage at $23 an hour starting next year at large health systems and dialysis clinics. That rate will increase to $25 an hour by 2026 and is a significant increase from the statewide minimum wage, which will be $16 an hour in 2024. The law will also raise the minimum wage more slowly at other health-care facilities around ...