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California $20 minimum wage = 18,000 jobs lost
Posted on 7/16/25 at 5:24 pm
Posted on 7/16/25 at 5:24 pm
New Economic Study Finds California’s $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage Caused 18,000 Job Losses – California Globe
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“New data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics was released Thursday, revealing a staggering 36,565 fast food jobs have been lost since September 2023 when the $20 per hour minimum wage law, AB 1228, was signed into law,” the Globe reported in June.
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In unadjusted data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, we find that employment in California’s fast food sector declined by 2.7 percent relative to employment in the fast food sector elsewhere in the United States from September 2023 through September 2024. Adjusting for pre- AB 1228 trends increases this differential decline to 3.2 percent, while netting out the equivalent employment changes in non-minimum-wage-intensive industries further increases the decline. Our median estimate translates into a loss of 18,000 jobs in California’s fast food sector relative to the counterfactual.
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study also says “it is possible that AB 1228 has led full-service restaurants to have more difficulty attracting workers, or that those employers anticipate future minimum wage increases in their sector as well.”
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Employment Policies Institute released data in May showing AB 1228, California’s $20 wage law for fast food workers, cost non-tipped restaurant workers 250 hours of work annually, equating to up to 7 weeks of lost work – up to $4,000 in lost potential income, the Globe reported.
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Posted on 7/16/25 at 5:25 pm to Lou
Who cares whenever 11 year old illegals are picking their weed crops for them
Posted on 7/16/25 at 5:27 pm to Lou
Literally every link to a "study" or "data" in that article is garbage.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 5:28 pm to Lou
All them rich people in California need to have their McDonald’s and Taco Bell. Someone has to work there and those people have to survive…tough solution idk
Posted on 7/16/25 at 5:28 pm to Lou
Pull up fo da mo ex-pen-siv spicy
Posted on 7/16/25 at 5:29 pm to Lou
Man that sucks……..who would have thought raising the min wage for a low skilled/no skill industry would have had a negative effect……
Posted on 7/16/25 at 5:56 pm to tigeraddict
quote:Once upon a time a kid with no experience could get a job at McDonalds, because it really is fairly easy work all things considered. This is a severe blow to low-skilled or unskilled workers who need a first job just to get experience. Many fast food restaurants are owned and operated by a local franchisee who can't afford to pay higher wages like Wal-Mart or Amazon. The only option is to cut quality, cut portions, raise prices, or automate jobs. Unfortunately all of these truths are ignored because it just doesn't feel good to them.
who would have thought raising the min wage for a low skilled/no skill industry would have had a negative effect……
Posted on 7/16/25 at 5:57 pm to Lou
Shocked its not more
Posted on 7/16/25 at 5:58 pm to Big EZ Tiger
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Geniuses
There are plenty of decisions having negative consequences happening in the country right now. Geniuses indeed…
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A recent warning by the CEO of Aloca, one of the largest U.S. aluminum producers, suggests that President Donald Trump's proposed 25% tariff on imported aluminum could lead to the loss of approximately 100,000 jobs in the U.S. according to CNN. This potential job loss estimate includes: 20,000 direct jobs in the aluminum industry. 80,000 indirect jobs in industries that support or are related to the aluminum sector. According to the CEO, William Oplinger, the tariffs are "bad for the US" and would likely lead to higher costs for American companies that utilize aluminum in their products, potentially damaging those businesses and their workforces. Past experiences with tariffs, like those on steel and aluminum in 2018, show that while some jobs were potentially gained in the directly targeted industries, many more were lost in industries that rely on those materials for production. In 2018, steel manufacturers reportedly added about 1,000 jobs, but companies that use steel and aluminum in their products (such as automotive parts, appliances, machinery, and more) hired an estimated 75,000 fewer workers than they would have without the tariffs says Investopedia.
Oh well….
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:04 pm to tigeraddict
I think the other question that needs asking is how much did the food prices rise after those 20$ wage hikes? Its funny how dems don't be understand basic economics or other basic grasps of reality.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:05 pm to Lou
Artificially moving the y axis vertically decreases the demand for labor, this is like economics 099. Literally one of the very first things you learn in an economics class
This post was edited on 7/16/25 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:22 pm to Lou
Wait, so all the PhD economists and Nobel winners were full of $hit...yet again?
Umpossible!
Umpossible!
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:23 pm to Lou
Ray Charles could have seen that coming
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:31 pm to ATrillionaire
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ATrillionaire
Progressive that doesn’t understand basic economics, confirmed.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:34 pm to Clark14
what does this have to do with the OP?Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:46 pm to Open Your Eyes
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Progressive that doesn’t understand basic economics, confirmed.
Don't be simple. Just because I said the links are garbage doesn't mean I disagree with the sentiment. Words matter.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:51 pm to Lou
In-n-Out Burger is moving to Tennessee. This is a company that said it would never leave the west coast. This is a company that has looked to the future and reacted as best they can.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:55 pm to Lou
California can do what California wants as long as it's with California's money
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:56 pm to real turf fan
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In-n-Out Burger is moving to Tennessee. This is a company that said it would never leave the west coast. This is a company that has looked to the future and reacted as best they can.
Difference between moving and expanding.
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