California raises minimum wage for fast-food workers. Employees of large hamburger or taco chains now enjoy one of the highest minimum salaries in the United States.
Some chains are already saying that they will have to increase their prices to absorb costs, or even lay off part of their staff. Economists are divided on the impact of an increase in the minimum wage, set at $7.25 at the federal level, but which varies considerably from one state to another. The vast majority of workers in this sector are women and Latino or African-American, with a median annual salary of $25,800.