History of California Minimum Wage

effective date	new minimum wage	old mimimum wage	amount of increase	percentage of increase over previous wage
January 1, 2008	$8.00	$7.50	$0.50	6.7 percent
January 1, 2007	$7.50	$6.75	$0.75	11.1 percent
January 1, 2002	$6.75	$6.25	$0.50	8.00 percent
January 1, 2001	$6.25	$5.75	$0.50	8.70 percent
March 1, 1998	$5.75	$5.15	$0.60	11.65 percent
September 1, 1997	$5.15	$5.00	$0.15	3.00 percent
March 1, 1997	$5.00	$4.75	$0.25	5.26 percent
October 1, 1996	$4.75	$4.25	$0.50	11.76 percent
July 1, 1988	$4.25	$3.35	$0.90	26.87 percent
January 1, 1981	$3.35	$3.10	$0.25	8.06 percent
January 1, 1980	$3.10	$2.90	$0.20	6.90 percent
January 1, 1979	$2.90	$2.65	$0.25	9.43 percent
April 1, 1978	$2.65	$2.50	$0.15	6.00 percent
October 18, 1976	$2.50	$2.00	$0.50	25.00 percent
March 4, 1974	$2.00	$1.65	$0.35	21.21 percent
February 1, 1968	$1.65	$1.30	$0.35	26.92 percent
August 30, 1964	$1.30	$1.25	$0.05	4.00 percent
August 30, 1963	$1.25	$1.00	$0.25	25.00 percent
November 15, 1957	$1.00	$0.75	$0.25	33.33 percent
August 1, 1952	$0.75	$0.65	$0.10	15.38 percent
June 1, 1947	$0.65	$0.45	$0.20	44.44 percent
February 8, 1943	$0.45	$0.33	$0.12	36.36 percent
1920	$0.33	$0.28	$0.05	17.86 percent
1919	$0.28	$0.21	$0.07	33.33 percent
1918	$0.21	$0.16	$0.05	31.25 percent
1916	$0.16	-	-	-