On July 1, 2018, a number of localities in California saw their minimum wages increase. The chart below summarizes locality mid-2018 minimum wage increases, as well as Berkeley’s impending minimum wage increase, which will occur on October 1, 2018. Note that California employers are prohibited from paying a lesser cash wage payment to tipped employees and offsetting their minimum wage obligations with a tip credit.
|
Jurisdiction |
Former Minimum Wage |
Minimum Wage Effective July 1, 2018 |
| Belmont, CA | $11.00 | $12.50 |
| Berkeley, CA | $13.75
$12.00 (YouthWorks and youth job training programs) |
$15.00 (Effective October 1, 2018)
$13.25 (YouthWorks and youth job training programs) |
| Emeryville, CA | $14.00 (55 or fewer employees)
$15.20 (56 or more employees) |
$15.00 (55 or fewer employees)
$15.69 (56 or more employees) |
| Los Angeles, CA (City) | $10.50 (25 or fewer employees)
$12.00 (26 or more employees) |
$12.00 (25 or fewer employees)
$13.25 (26 or more employees) |
| Los Angeles County, CA
(Unincorporated) |
$10.50 (25 or fewer employees)
$12.00 (26 or more employees) |
$12.00 (25 or fewer employees)
$13.25 (26 or more employees) |
| Malibu, CA | $10.50 (25 or fewer employees)
$12.00 (26 or more employees) |
$12.00 (25 or fewer employees)
$13.25 (26 or more employees) |
| Milpitas, CA | $12.00 | $13.50 |
| Pasadena, CA | $10.50 (25 or fewer employees)
$12.00 (26 or more employees) |
$12.00 (25 or fewer employees)
$13.25 (26 or more employees) |
| San Francisco, CA | $14.00
$12.87 (government-supported employees) |
$15.00
$13.27 (government-supported employees) |
| San Leandro, CA | $12.00 | $13.00 |
| Santa Monica, CA | $10.50 (25 or fewer employees)
$12.00 (26 or more employees) |
$12.00 (25 or fewer employees)
$13.25 (26 or more employees) |
We cover the midyear minimum wage increases across the United States in our article “2018 Midyear Minimum Wage Increases.”
