Key Municipalities/State
Minimum Wage Rate $10.00
California - All Employers
California - Small Employers (25 or Fewer)
$10.00
California - Large Employers (26 or More)
$10.00
Berkeley
$12.53
El Cerrito
$11.60
Emeryville - Small Employers (55 or Fewer)
$13.00
Emeryville - Large Employers (56 or More)
$14.82
Los Angeles - Small Employers (25 or Fewer)
N/A
Los Angeles - Large Employers (26 or More)
$10.50
Los Angeles County - Small Employers (25 or Fewer)
N/A
Los Angeles County - Large Employers (26 or More)
$10.50
Mountain View
$11.00
Oakland
$12.55
Pasadena - Small Employers (25 or Fewer)
N/A
Pasadena - Large Employers (26 or More)
$10.50
Richmond
$11.52
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Sacramento - Small Employers (100 or Fewer)
N/A
Sacramento - Large Employers (More Than 100)
N/A
San Diego
$10.50
San Francisco
$13.00
San Jose
$10.30
Sunnyvale
$11.00
San Mateo
$10.00
Santa Clara City
$11.00
San Jose
Saratoga City
$10.30
$11.00
Palo Alto
$11.00
San Leandro
$10.00
Richmond
11.52
Upcoming Changes Starting January 1, 2017, the minimum wage in California will vary depending on the size of the employer $10.50 - January 1, 2018 $11.00 - January 1, 2019 $12.00 - January 1, 2020 $13.00 - January 1, 2021 $14.00 - January 1, 2022 $15.00 - January 1, 2023 Adjusted for inflation - January 1, 2024, and every January 1 thereafter $10.50 - January 1, 2017 $11.00 - January 1, 2018 $12.00 - January 1, 2019 $13.00 - January 1, 2020 $14.00 - January 1, 2021 $15.00 - January 1, 2022 Adjusted for inflation - January 1, 2024, and every January 1 thereafter $13.75 - October 1, 2017 $15.00 - October 1, 2018 Adjusted for inflation - July 1, 2019, and every July 1 thereafter $12.25 - January 1, 2017 $13.60 - January 1, 2018 $15.00 - January 1, 2019 Adjusted for inflation - January 1, 2020, and every January 1 thereafter $14.00 - July 1, 2017 $15.00 - July 1, 2018 Adjusted for inflation - July 1, 2019, and every July 1 thereafter Adjusted for inflation - July 1, 2017, and every July 1 thereafter $10.50 - July 1, 2017 $12.00 - July 1, 2018 $13.25 - July 1, 2019 $14.25 - July 1, 2020 $15.00 - July 1, 2021 Adjusted for inflation - July 1, 2022, and every July 1 thereafter $12.00 - July 1, 2017 $13.25 - July 1, 2018 $14.25 - July 1, 2019 $15.00 - July 1, 2020 Adjusted for inflation - July 1, 2022, and every July 1 thereafter $10.50 - July 1, 2017 $12.00 - July 1, 2018 $13.25 - July 1, 2019 $14.25 - July 1, 2020 $15.00 - July 1, 2021 Adjusted for inflation - July 1, 2022, and every July 1 thereafter $12.00 - July 1, 2017 $13.25 - July 1, 2018 $14.25 - July 1, 2019 $15.00 - July 1, 2020 Adjusted for inflation - July 1, 2022, and every July 1 thereafter $13.00 - January 1, 2017 $15.00 - January 1, 2018 Adjusted for inflation - January 1, 2019, and every January 1 thereafter $12.86 - January 1, 2017 Adjusted for inflation - January 1, 2018, and every January 1 thereafter $10.50 - July 1, 2017 $12.00 - July 1, 2018 $12.00 - July 1, 2017 $13.25 - July 1, 2018 $12.30 - January 1, 2017 $13.00 - January 1, 2018 Adjusted for inflation - January 1, 2019, and every January 1 thereafter $10.50 - January 1, 2018 $11.00 - January 1, 2019 $11.75 - January 1, 2020 $12.50 - January 1, 2021 Adjusted for inflation - January 1, 2022, and every January 1 thereafter $10.50 - January 1, 2017 $11.00 - January 1, 2018 $11.75 - January 1, 2019 $12.50 - January 1, 2020 Adjusted for inflation - January 1, 2022, and every January 1 thereafter $11.50 - January 1, 2017 Adjusted for inflation - January 1, 2019, and every January 1 thereafter $14.00 - July 1, 2017 $15.00 - July 1, 2018 Adjusted for inflation - July 1, 2019, and every July 1 thereafter $10.50 - January 1, 2017 $12.00 - July 1, 2017 $13.50 - January 1, 2018 $15.00 - January 1, 2019 Adjusted for inflation - January 1, 2020, and every January 1 thereafter $13.00 - January 1, 2017 $15.00 - January 1, 2018 Adjusted for inflation - January 1, 2019, and every January 1 thereafter $12.00 - January 1, 2017 $13.50 - January 1, 2018 $15.00 - January 1, 2019 $11.10 - January 1, 2017 Jan. 1, 2016: $10.30 Jan. 1, 2017: $10.50 July 1, 2017: $12.00 Jan.1, 2018: $13.50 Jan 1, 2019: $15.00 $11.10 - January 1, 2017 Jan. 1, 2016: $11.00 Jan. 1, 2017: $12.00 Jan.1, 2018: $13.50 Jan.1, 2019: $15.00 July 1, 2017: $12.00 July 1, 2018: $13.00 July 1, 2019: $14.00 July 1, 2020: $15.00 $12.30 - January 1, 2017 $13.00 - January 1, 2018 Adjusted for inflation - January 1, 2019, and every January 1 thereafter