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California City & State Minimum Wages

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Page last updated on 01/02/25

California State Minimum Wage for Hourly Employees:

Beginning on January 1, 2025, the minimum hourly wage for Employers of all sizes will be $16.50/hour.

California State Minimum Wage for Exempt Employees:

Beginning on January 1, 2025, the minimum salary for Exempt employees in California will increase to $68,640/year, or $1,320/week. 1

California State Minimum Wage for Fast Food Employees: On April 1, 2024, AB 1228 went into effect, setting the Minimum Wage for certain Fast Food employees in the state of California to $20.00/hour. For more information, visit our blog: California Fast Food Minimum Wage Increase 2024

California State Minimum Wage for Healthcare Employees: On October 16, 2024, most healthcare workers in California began receiving minimum wage increases, starting between $18.00/hour and $23.00/hour, depending on the facility type. For more information, visit our blog: Long-Delayed CA Healthcare Minimum Wage Increase Arriving October 16, 2024

The cities and counties listed below have specific minimum wages. If a city or county is not listed below, it follows the state minimum wage.

Alameda, CA (city):

$17.00/hour (as of 07/01/2024)

Belmont, CA: 

$18.30/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Berkeley, CA:

$18.67/hour (as of 07/01/2024)

Burlingame, CA: 

$17.43/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Cupertino, CA: 

$18.20/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Daly City, CA: 

$17.07/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

East Palo Alto, CA: 

$17.45/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

El Cerrito, CA: 

$18.34/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Emeryville, CA: 

$19.36/hour (as of 07/01/2024)

Foster City, CA:

$17.39/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Fremont, CA: 

$17.30/hour (as of 07/01/2024)

Half Moon Bay, CA:

$17.47/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Hayward, CA: 

$16.50/hour for small businesses (25 or fewer employees); $17.36/hour for large businesses (26 or more employees) (as of 01/01/2025)

Long Beach, CA: 

$23.00/hour for hotels with 100 or more guest rooms (as of 07/01/2024)

Los Altos, CA:

$18.20/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Los Angeles County, CA (unincorporated):

$17.27/hour (as of 07/01/2024)

Los Angeles, CA (city): 

$17.28/hour; $20.32/hour for hotels with 60 or more guest rooms (as of 07/01/2024)

Malibu, CA: 

$17.27/hour (as of 07/01/2024)

Menlo Park, CA:

$17.10/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Milpitas, CA: 

$17.70/hour (as of 07/01/2024)

Mountain View, CA: 

$19.20/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Novato, CA: 

State minimum/hour* for small businesses with 1-25 employees; $17.00/hour for large businesses with 26-99 employees; and $17.27/hour for very large businesses with 100 or more employees (as of 01/01/2025)

*Novato lists the minimum wage for small businesses with 1-25 employees as $16.42/hour; however, this is less than the 2025 CA state minimum of $16.50/hour.

Oakland, CA: 

$16.89/hour; $18.36/hour for hotel* employees with Health Benefits; $24.48/hour for hotel* employees without Health Benefits (as of 01/01/2025) 2

*Hotels with 50 or more guest rooms or suites of rooms

Palo Alto, CA:

$18.20/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Pasadena, CA:

$17.50/hour (as of 07/01/2024)

Petaluma, CA:

$17.97/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Redwood City, CA: 

$18.20/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Richmond, CA: 

$17.77/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

San Carlos, CA: 

$17.32/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

San Diego, CA (city): 

$17.25/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

San Francisco, CA (city & county): 

$18.67/hour; $16.51/hour for a small number of “Government Supported Employees” (as of 07/01/2024)

San Jose, CA: 

$17.95/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

San Mateo, CA (city): 

$17.95/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

San Mateo County, CA (unincorporated): 

$17.46/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Santa Clara, CA (city):

$18.20/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Santa Monica, CA: 

$17.27/hour; $20.32/hour for hotels and businesses operating on hotel property (as of 07/01/2024)

Santa Rosa, CA: 

$17.87/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Sonoma, CA (city): 

$16.96/hour for small employers (25 or fewer employees); $18.02/hour for large employers (26 or more employees) (as of 01/01/2025)

South San Francisco, CA: 

$17.70/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

Sunnyvale, CA: 

$19.00/hour (as of 01/01/2025)

West Hollywood, CA:

$19.65/hour; $19.61/hour for hotel employees (as of 01/01/2025)

  1. Under Section 515 of the California Labor Code, most exempt white collar employees must earn a monthly salary equivalent to no less than two times the state minimum wage for full-time employment.
  2. Beginning January 1, 2023, hotel employees (whether employed directly by a hotel or by a contractor of a hotel) working at hotels with 50 or more guest rooms or suites of rooms in the City of Oakland must be paid certain minimum wages. For more information on Oakland’s Measure Z with current Hotel Worker’s Minimum Wage Rates, visit https://cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/Measure_Z_English_Poster_Set_2024.pdf

For more information, visit the State of California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Minimum Wage page: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/faq_minimumwage.htm