Prepare for California's 2027 workplace posting requirements with this IWC Wage Order poster, designed for employers covered by Wage Order 14.

Officially Confirmed 2027 California Wage Updates:

• Statewide Minimum Wage: $17.40 per hour, effective January 1, 2027.
• General Exempt Employee Salary Threshold: $72,384 annually for qualifying executive, administrative, and professional employees, subject to applicable duties and other exemption requirements.

These figures have been officially announced by the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR).

Important: Employers must display the applicable IWC Wage Order and California Minimum Wage Order. Additional local or industry-specific requirements may apply. This is an independently produced poster, not a government-issued publication.

Who IWC Wage Order 14 Covers

“Employed in an agricultural occupation”, means any of the following described occupations:

1. The preparation, care, and treatment of farm land, pipeline, or ditches, including leveling for agricultural purposes, plowing, disking, and fertilizing the soil;
2. The sowing and planting of any agricultural or horticultural commodity;
3. The care of any agricultural or horticultural commodity, as used in this subdivision, “care” includes, but is not limited to, cultivation, irrigation, weed control, thinning, heating, pruning, or tying, fumigating, spraying, and dusting;
4. The harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural commodity, including but not limited to, picking, threshing, mowing, knocking off, field chopping, bunching, baling, balling, field packing, and placing in field containers or in the vehicle in which the commodity will be hauled, and transportation on the farm or to a place of first processing or distribution;
5. The assembly and storage of any agricultural or horticultural commodity, including but not limited to, loading, road siding, banking, stacking, binding, and piling;
6. The raising, feeding and management of livestock, fur bearing animals, poultry, fish, mollusks, and insects, including but not limited to herding, housing, hatching, milking, shearing, handling eggs, and extracting honey;
7. The harvesting of fish, as defined by Section 45 of the Fish and Game Code, for commercial sale;
8. The conservation, improvement or maintenance of such farm and its tools and equipment;

Examples:

• Agricultural workers
• Agronomist
• Apiary
• Bee hives
• Chemical application (on-site agriculture)
• Chicken debeaking
• Cowboy/Cowgirl
• Crop dusting (on-site activities)
• Dairies (no processing except cooling)
• Egg handling (if no candling is done)
• Farm laborers
• Fish hatcheries
• Harvesting machines, tomato and grain
• Hatcheries, commercial
• Hatcheries, fish
• Hives, bee
• Irrigation districts
• Irrigators
• Milk tester (employed by agricultural employer)
• Nurseries, horticultural (primarily a growing operation)
• Oyster farms
• Ranch hands
• Shepherds
• Tomato and grain harvesting machines
• Tree farms (growing but not logging)

Poster Features

• Language: Available in English and Spanish
• Poster size 27” x 40”
• 3 Layer Double-Sided PET Polyester Film Laminate
• Fully Encapsulated for Outdoor/Indoor Commercial Use
• Tear-proof and Water-Resistant for Longevity
• Easy to Read with Dark Sharp Text
• Attorney Approved and Made in the USA

Frequently Asked Questions

Which IWC wage order applies to my business?
The order is chosen by your business's main industry: if your business fits the Agricultural Operations definition above, IWC Wage Order 14 applies.

When does the 2027 California minimum wage take effect?
The 2027 California minimum wage of $17.40 per hour takes effect January 1, 2027.

Do I also need the California Minimum Wage Order?
Yes. California employers must post both the statewide Minimum Wage Order and the industry wage order that applies to their workplace.