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California cities increasing the minimum wage in 2024: Complete list
Find out which cities and counties in California will raise their minimum wage next year. Here the complete list.
The federal minimum wage has remained unchanged at $7.25 an hour since 2009. However, several states and cities have established higher minimum wages. In total, the District of Columbia, 30 states, and over 50 cities and counties have implemented higher minimum wages, some of which include automatic annual increases based on inflation to maintain workers’ purchasing power.
Among these states is California, which has one of the highest minimum wages in the country. Additionally, several cities in California have established minimum wages ranging from $16 to $19 per hour. Some of these cities and counties are planning to increase their respective minimum wages next year.
California cities that are raising their minimum wage in 2024
California is preparing for an increase to the state minimum wage next year.
Currently, the base wage in California is $15.50 per hour, and starting January 1, 2024, it will increase to $16. However, several cities will also increase their minimum wage, which will be higher than the state minimum. Here is the list of cities or counties in California that will raise their minimum wage starting January 1, 2024:
- Belmont: Will increase from $16.75 to $17.35 per hour
- Burlingame: from $16.47 to $17.03
- Cupertino: from $17.20 to $17.75
- Daly City: from $16.07 to $16.62
- East Palo Alto: $16.50 to $17
- El Cerrito: from $17.35 to $17.92
- Foster City: $16.50 to $17
- Half Moon Bay: from $16.45 to $17.01
- Hayward: $16.34 to $16.90 for large businesses and $15.50 to $16 for small businesses
- Los Altos: from $17.20 to $17.75
- Menlo Park: from $16.20 to $16.70
- Mountain View: from $18.15 to $18.75
- Newbie: from $16.32 to $16.86 for companies with more than 100 employees, from $16.07 to $16.60 for businesses with 26 to 99 employees and from
- $15.53 to $16.04 for businesses with 1-25 employees
- Oakland: $15.97 to $16.50
- Palo Alto: from $17.25 to $17.80
- Petaluma: from $17.06 to $17.45
- Redwood City: $17.00 to $17.70
- Richmond: from $16.17 to $17.20
- San Carlos: $16.32 to $16.87
- San Diego: $16.30 to $16.85
- San Jose: $17.00 to $17.55
- San Mateo: $16.75 to $17.35
- San Mateo County: $17.06
- Santa Clara: from $17.20 to $17.75
- Santa Rosa: from $17.06 to $17.45
- Sonoma: $17.00 to $17.60 for businesses with more than 26 employees and $16.00 to $16.56 for businesses with 25 or fewer employees
- South San Francisco: $16.70 to $17.25
- Sunnyvale: from $17.95 to $18.55
Starting July 1, 2024, the minimum wage in some California cities and counties will increase. However, the specific amounts have not yet been confirmed.
- Alameda
- Berkeley
- Emeryville
- Fremont
- Los Angeles
- Los Angeles County
- Milpitas
- Pasadena
- San Francisco
- San Leandro
- Santa Monica
- West Hollywood
Minimum wage across the country
It is expected that 21 states will increase their minimum wages starting from the beginning of next year. Nevada and Oregon will raise their minimum wages in July, while Florida will do so in September. Below is the list of entities that will have a new base salary in 2024:
- Alaska
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- South Dakota
- Delaware
- Florida
- Hawaii
- Maine
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Snowfall
- New Jersey
- New York
- Rhode Island
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Vermont
- Washington