California Municipal Minimum Wage Rates Continue to Grow

California hourly minimum wage is currently $10.50 for employers with 26 or more on payroll and $10.00 for employers with 25 or less and on January 1, 2018, the rates increase to $11.00 and $10.50 respectively. The state minimum wage will continue to increase each year until it reaches $15 per hour in 2022.The following lists all California municipalities requiring minimum wage levels greater than the state standard, including the newest addition, Milpitas:

City or CountyMinimum Wage RateDateBerkeley$12.53January 1, 2017$13.75October 1, 2017Cupertino$12.00January 1, 2017El Cerrito$12.25January 1, 2017Emeryville$14.00 (55 or fewer employees)and $15.20 (56 or more employees)July 1, 2017Long Beach$14.34 (hotel workers)July 1, 2017Los Altos$12.00January 1, 2017Los Angeles City$10.50 (25 or fewer employees)and $12.00 (26 employees or more)July 1, 2017Los Angeles County (Unincorporated Areas)$10.50 (25 or fewer employees)and $12.00 (26 employees or more)July 1, 2017Malibu$10.50 (25 or fewer employees)and $12.00 (26 or more employees)July 1, 2017Milpitas $13.00July 1, 2017Mountain View$13.00January 1, 2017Oakland$12.86January 1, 2017Palo Alto$12.00January 1, 2017Pasadena$10.50 (25 or fewer employees)and $12.00 (26 employees or more)July 1, 2017Richmond$12.30January 1, 2017San Diego$11.50January 1, 2017San Francisco City and County$14.00July 1, 2017San Jose$12.00July 1, 2017San Leandro$12.00July 1, 2017San Mateo$12.00January 1, 2017Santa Clara$11.10January 1, 2017Santa Monica$10.50 (25 or fewer employees)and $12.00 (26 employees or more)July 1, 2017Sunnyvale$13.00January 1, 2017

Covered employers must post an updated wage notice/bulletin where employees can read it easily. Click the above city/county link(s) to download the most current notice.

See also:

• Minimum Wage in California (June, 2017)
• Location, Location, Location (May, 2017)
• Hot Off The Presses (December, 2016)
• California Increases Minimum Wage Rates For 2017 (December, 2016)
• Los Angeles Moves to Enforce City Minimum Wage Ordinance. Required Forms Now Available (September, 2016)
• City of Los Angeles Casts Light on its New Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance (July, 2016)
• Rising Minimum Wages, The California Trend Continues San Diego Approves its First Gradual Increase, Effective July 11, 2016 (August, 2016)
• San Francisco Minimum Wage Rises to $13.00 on July 1, 2016. Will Continue Climb to $15.00 (June, 2016)
• Pasadena Gradually Increases Minimum Wage (May, 2016)
• City of Santa Monica Increasing Minimum Wage Annually from 2016 to 2020 (May, 2016)
• California’s Gradual Increases in Minimum Wage, to Reach $15.00 Per Hour by January 1, 2022 (April, 2016)
• Los Angeles County Approves Gradual Increases in Minimum Wage Starting 2016 (July, 2015)
• Oakland Minimum Wage Escalates to $12.25 Rate Effective March 2, 2015 (April, 2015)

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Cindy Bamforth
July 27, 2017