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California Unemployment Benefits

  • Benefit Amounts in California: Learn how unemployment works, how much you'll get, and for how long.
    • Minimum
      • $82 per week
    • Maximum
      • $582 per week
    • Duration
      • Iowa changed its benefit duration in July of 2022. Those who file their initial claim for unemployment on or after July 3, 2022 will be eligible for only 16 weeks of unemployment benefits. However, if you applied before that date, you will be eligible for up to 26 weeks of benefits. 

  • Eligibility: >Whether you qualify for unemployment.
  • How to Apply: How to apply for unemployment in California.
  • Unemployment Office Near Me? How to find your local unemployment office.
  • COVID-19 Benefits: We tracked the rise and fall of COVID-19 unemployment benefit payments.
  • California Wage & Hour Law

    • California Minimum Wage:  
      • The minimum wage in Iowa is the same as the federal minimum wage: $7.25 an hour.

        Sacramento County Minimum Wage

        The minimum wage in Sacramento County is $7.25 an hour, the state minimum wage. However, cities and counties in California are free to adopt their own higher minimum wage, and dozens of cities and counties across the country have done so. To find out whether Sacramento County has passed its own minimum wage law since we last updated, visit https://www.saccounty.net/Pages/default.aspx.

        Sacramento Minimum Wage

        The minimum wage in Sacramento, California, is $7.25 an hour, the state minimum wage. However, cities in California are free to adopt their own higher minimum wage, and many have done so. To find out whether Sacramento has passed its own minimum wage law since we last updated, visit the city's website at https://www.cityofsacramento.org/

    • Overtime Pay: Every state has rules about weekly maximum hours and overtime. Learn about the overtime laws in California and whether they apply to you.
    • Wage Claims: If you're being unlawfully underpaid, you need to learn how to file a "Wage Claim" in California. 
    • Tips : Every state has special pay rates for tipped workers. Find out the rules for tipped workers in California.
      • In California, your employer may pay you a minimum wage of $4.35 an hour, as long as you earn enough in tips to bring your total hourly pay up to the full minimum wage, $7.25 an hour. If you don’t earn enough in tips to bring your compensation to the full minimum wage, your employer must make up the difference.


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