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.
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Jurisdiction
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Former Minimum Wage
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Minimum Wage Effective July 1, 2018
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Belmont, CA
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$11.00
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$12.50
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Berkeley, CA
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$13.75
$12.00 (YouthWorks and youth job training programs)
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$15.00 (Effective October 1, 2018)
$13.25 (YouthWorks and youth job training programs)
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Emeryville, CA
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$14.00 (55 or fewer employees)
$15.20 (56 or more employees)
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$15.00 (55 or fewer employees)
$15.69 (56 or more employees)
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Los Angeles, CA (City)
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$10.50 (25 or fewer employees)
$12.00 (26 or more employees)
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$12.00 (25 or fewer employees)
$13.25 (26 or more employees)
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Los Angeles County, CA
(Unincorporated)
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$10.50 (25 or fewer employees)
$12.00 (26 or more employees)
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$12.00 (25 or fewer employees)
$13.25 (26 or more employees)
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Malibu, CA
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$10.50 (25 or fewer employees)
$12.00 (26 or more employees)
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$12.00 (25 or fewer employees)
$13.25 (26 or more employees)
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Milpitas, CA
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$12.00
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$13.50
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Pasadena, CA
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$10.50 (25 or fewer employees)
$12.00 (26 or more employees)
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$12.00 (25 or fewer employees)
$13.25 (26 or more employees)
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San Francisco, CA
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$14.00
$12.87 (government-supported employees)
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$15.00
$13.27 (government-supported employees)
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San Leandro, CA
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$12.00
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$13.00
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Santa Monica, CA
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$10.50 (25 or fewer employees)
$12.00 (26 or more employees)
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$12.00 (25 or fewer employees)
$13.25 (26 or more employees)
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We cover the midyear minimum wage increases across the United States in our article “2018 Midyear Minimum Wage Increases.”
