But it applies to some 90,000 workers at all levels of experience and rank at company-owned restaurants and it will lift the average hourly rate to $9.90 on July 1 and more than $10 by the end of 2016, from $9.01 currently. McDonald's will raise the pay for 90,000 workers by 10%, or $1 over the minimum wage, by July.he federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour hasnât increased since 2009, although 29 states have set minimums above the federal level, as have cities such as San Francisco, which requires pay of at least $11.05 an hour. Efforts in Congress to increase the pay floor stalled last year.