Abby Leal, a certified nursing assistant in Turlock, will see the biggest wage increase she’s ever gotten from her employer — from $20.60 to $23. She’s not the only one.

Wages rise first to $18 for rural facilities and $23 for large hospitals, with all covered workers reaching $25 by 2028.

Some of the lowest-paid health care workers in California will get a pay bump Wednesday under a state law gradually increasing their wages to at least $25 an hour. Workers at rural, independent health care facilities will start making a minimum of $18 an hour,

Hundreds of thousands of California health care workers will see a significant bump in their pay this week as a new minimum wage goes into effect.

Workers' pay will increase to $25 an hour over the next decade under the law, though critics of the law say it could put a financial burden on healthcare providers.