By Arlenys Tabare
Starting next July 1 of this year, Thousands of employees in the health sector in the state of California will receive a salary increase as part of a measure framed within the SB 525 law, which was promoted and signed by Governor Gavin Newsom and began in 2025 and hopes to continue with progressive salary adjustments until 2033.
The first increases to the state minimum wage began this year on January 1 with an adjustment of $16.90 per hour. Nevertheless, The purpose of the SB 525 law is that gradual increases, especially for the health sector, reach $25 per hour.
However, not all workers in this area will have the same increase in their minimum wage. According to the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), Employees must meet the necessary requirements to receive the adjustment.
In this case, Eligible employees must work in hospitals and health centers covered by the law; In addition, salary rates will also depend on the type of employer and the size of the care center.
Minimum wage increases in the health sector in California
Salary adjustments will be gradual depending on the area:
$25 per hour: Large integrated health systems or dialysis clinics, nursing homes with more than 10,000 full-time employees, and facilities in counties with more than 5 million people, increases from July 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027.
$23 per hour: Health care facilities operated by medium-sized counties with populations and covered health care facilities not listed in the other categories and not operated by counties with populations between 250,000 and 5 million people will have increases from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2028.
As well as nursing facilities that are not being operated or controlled by a properly being facility or health care system, the increases will be from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.
$22 per hour: Community or intermittent clinics, affiliated emergency services and rural health centers: increases will be from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.
$19.28 per hour: Safety-net hospitals with high proportions of patients covered by public programs and health care facilities operated by small counties with populations less than 250,000: Increases will be from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.
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