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Effective January 1, 2024, California minimum wage increased to $16 per hour for all employers, regardless of size.
As reflected in the chart below, some California municipalities have higher minimum wage rates. Noted in the chart, some of those will increase their local minimum wage on July 1, 2024:
City or CountyMinimum Wage RateAlameda (effective from July 1, 2024)$17.00Belmont$17.35Berkeley (effective from July 1, 2024)$18.67Burlingame$17.03Cupertino$17.75Daly City $16.62East Palo Alto$17.00El Cerrito $17.92Emeryville (effective from July 1, 2024)$19.36Half Moon Bay$17.01Foster City$17.00Hayward$16.00 (25 or fewer employees) and$16.90 (26 or more employees)Fremont (effective from July 1, 2024)$17.30Los Altos$17.75Menlo Park$16.70Los Angeles City $17.28Los Angeles County (Unincorporated Areas)$17.27Malibu (effective from July 1, 2024)$17.27Milpitas (effective from July 1, 2024)$17.70Mountain View $18.75Novato$16.04 (25 or fewer employees)$16.60 (26+ employees)$16.86 (100+ employees)Oakland$16.50Palo Alto$17.80Pasadena (effective from July 1, 2024)$17.50Petaluma$17.45Redwood City$17.70Richmond$17.20San Carlos$16.87San Diego$16.85San Francisco City and County (effective from July 1, 2024)$18.67San Jose $17.55San Mateo$17.35San Mateo County$17.06Santa Clara$17.75Santa Monica (effective from July 1, 2024)$17.27Santa Rosa$17.45Sonoma$16.56 (25 or fewer employees) and$17.60 (26+ employees)South San Francisco$17.25Sunnyvale$18.55West Hollywood$19.08
Employers must review and comply with the rules for any locality in which their employees work. The cities not reflected as changing minimum wage on July 1 make their changes on January 1 of each year. The UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education publishes regular updates.
Covered employers must review the information for their location(s) and conspicuously post the current wage notice for each applicable jurisdiction, which can be downloaded through the links above.
See also:
Helena Kobrin
Daniska Coronado
June 28, 2024
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