The Langley Chamber is reminding businesses that BC’s general minimum wage will increase to $18.25 per hour on June 1, 2026, up from the current rate of $17.85 per hour.

The 40-cent increase reflects the province’s legislated approach of tying annual minimum-wage adjustments to inflation. The increase applies to the general minimum wage, as well as other wage categories including resident caretakers, live-in home-support workers, live-in camp leaders, piece-rate agricultural workers, and app-based ride-hailing and delivery workers. The Province has also confirmed that app-based workers will move to a new rate of $21.89 per hour of engaged time.

Businesses with minimum wage roles should prepare now to update their payroll systems and practices to ensure they are ready for the June 1 change.

Comment from the Langley Chamber

While the Langley Chamber, BC’s fastest-growing chamber of commerce, recognizes the importance of fair wages, it warns that this increase comes amid a growing stack of new costs, taxes, and administrative burdens facing BC businesses.

“Minimum wage increases don’t happen in isolation,” says Langley Chamber CEO Cory Redekop. “For many local employers and small businesses, this is just the latest in a long list of rising costs — from payroll taxes and property taxes to the recent expansion of the PST in the latest provincial budget. At some point, the cumulative impact becomes too much to bear for small and medium-sized businesses.”

The Chamber notes that wage increases at the minimum level often ripple upward through pay scales, adding broader payroll pressure all along the wage scale, and only adding to the increased costs of doing business – which inevitably get passed on in the form of higher prices.

More info

Find more information on the minimum wage at the Employment Standards Branch >