These California cities will increase the minimum wage in July 2024
Several California cities, including Los Angeles, are preparing to increase their respective minimum wages in July. Here’s what the new minimums will be.
The minimum wage at the federal level is $7.25 per hour. However, in some states, including California, higher base salaries have been established. On the other hand, some cities in the Golden State have minimum wages above the state level.
In the case of California, the minimum wage increased to $16 per hour on January 1. Additionally, several cities and counties increased their pay floors even further. These are the cities and counties in California that increased the minimum wage on January 1, 2024, as well as the new amounts:
- Belmont: $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: $16.32 to $16.86 for businesses with more than 100 employees, $16.07 to $16.60 for businesses with 26 to 99 employees, and $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
California cities that will increase the minimum wage
On the other hand, the following cities and counties in California are expected to raise their minimum wage starting July 1, 2024, also exceeding the state level. Because there are still a couple of months to go, some amounts have not yet been confirmed.
Here by how much minimum wages will increase in these cities:
- Alameda: $17.00
- Berkeley: $18.67
- Emeryville: $19.36
- Fremont: $17.30
- Los Angeles: $17.28
- Los Angeles County: $17.17
- Milpitas: $17.70
- Pasadena: $17.50
- San Francisco: $18.67
- Santa Monica: $17.27
- West Hollywood: $20.86
The 5 cities in California with the highest salaries
Taking into account the increases on January 1 and the next ones on July 1, the following will be the five cities in the state of California with the highest minimum wages.
The city of West Hollywood will officially have the highest minimum wage in the state and one of the highest in the country. This after the salary increases in July to $20.86. The second city with the highest minimum wage in California will be Emeryville, with a minimum wage of $19.36.
Thanks to the January increase, the minimum wage in this city rose from $18.15 to $18.75, making it the second city in the state where people earn more per hour.
With the upcoming increases, Berkeley and San Francisco will have the fourth highest wages in the state, each with an hourly wage of $18.67. Due to the January 1 increase, Sunnyvale is the fifth highest minimum wage in California, rising from $17.95 to $18.55 per hour.