Minimum Wage California 2024 Fast Food Restaurants. Say you work at one of those stores, inside a grocery store. The state just raised the hourly minimum wage for fast food workers to $20.

 — per assembly bill ab 1228, the fast food minimum wage takes effect april 1, 2024, which means: Starting april 1, 2024, all “fast food restaurant employees” who are covered by the new law must be paid at least $20.00 per hour.