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 County | Minimum Wage Rate |
| Alameda (effective from July 1, 2024) | $17.00 |
| Belmont | $17.35 |
| Berkeley (effective from July 1, 2024) | $18.67 |
| Burlingame | $17.03 |
| Cupertino | $17.75 |
| Daly City | $16.62 |
| East Palo Alto | $17.00 |
| El Cerrito | $17.92 |
| Emeryville (effective from July 1, 2024) | $19.36 |
| Half Moon Bay | $17.01 |
| Foster City | $17.00 |
| Hayward | $16.00 (25 or fewer employees) and |
| $16.90 (26 or more employees) | |
| Fremont (effective from July 1, 2024) | $17.30 |
| Los Altos | $17.75 |
| Menlo Park | $16.70 |
| Los Angeles City | $17.28 |
| Los Angeles County (Unincorporated Areas) | $17.27 |
| Malibu (effective from July 1, 2024) | $17.27 |
| Milpitas (effective from July 1, 2024) | $17.70 |
| Mountain View | $18.75 |
| Novato | $16.04 (25 or fewer employees) |
| $16.60 (26+ employees) | |
| $16.86 (100+ employees) | |
| Oakland | $16.50 |
| Palo Alto | $17.80 |
| Pasadena (effective from July 1, 2024) | $17.50 |
| Petaluma | $17.45 |
| Redwood City | $17.70 |
| Richmond | $17.20 |
| San Carlos | $16.87 |
| San Diego | $16.85 |
| San Francisco City and County (effective from July 1, 2024) | $18.67 |
| San Jose | $17.55 |
| San Mateo | $17.35 |
| San Mateo County | $17.06 |
| Santa Clara | $17.75 |
| Santa Monica (effective from July 1, 2024) | $17.27 |
| Santa Rosa | $17.45 |
| Sonoma | $16.56 (25 or fewer employees) and |
| $17.60 (26+ employees) | |
| South San Francisco | $17.25 |
| Sunnyvale | $18.55 |
| West 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:
- Health Care Facility Pay Hikes – Minimum Wage Increases Start June 1, 2024 (February 23, 2024)
- Team Building Insurance – Workplace Policy Handbook & Forms for 2024 (May 22, 2024)
- California Minimum Wage Rates Increases (December 20, 2023)
Helena Kobrin
Daniska Coronado
June 28, 2024