26 California Cities To Increase Minimum Wage In 2020

CALIFORNIA — Workers across California will be getting a financial boost in the new year. While the state minimum wage is set to hit $12 an hour, many cities — most of which already have higher wages due to local measures — are increasing their minimum wages on top of that figure.

Statewide, California's minimum wage has been increasing $1 each year since 2017. It will reach $12 an hour starting in 2020, and $15 an hour in 2023. The federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 an hour since 2009.

In the meantime, many municipalities have chosen to raise their wages higher than the statewide minimum — part of an effort to ease California's cost of living, one of the highest in the country.

Using data from the UC Berkeley Labor Center, here's a list of the cities planning a minimum wage increase in 2020:

Alameda, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $13.50
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.00
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

Belmont, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $13.50
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.00
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

Cupertino, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $15.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.35
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

Daly City, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $12.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $13.75
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

El Cerrito, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $15.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.37
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

Fremont, CA — large businesses (26 or more employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $13.50
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.00
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

Fremont, CA — small businesses (25 or fewer employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $11.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $13.50
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

Los Altos, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $15.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.40
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

Los Angeles, CA — large businesses (26 or more employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $14.25
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.00
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

Los Angeles, CA — small businesses (25 or fewer employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $13.25
• New minimum wage (2020): $14.25
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

Los Angeles County, CA — large businesses (26 or more employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $14.25
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.00
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

Los Angeles County, CA — small businesses (25 or fewer employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $13.25
• New minimum wage (2020): $14.25
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

Malibu, CA — large businesses (26 or more employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $14.25
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.00
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

Malibu, CA — small businesses (25 or fewer employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $13.25
• New minimum wage (2020): $14.25
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

Menlo Park, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $12.00 (26 or more employees); $11.00 (fewer than 26 employees)
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.00
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

Mountain View, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $15.65
• New minimum wage (2020): $16.05
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

Novato, CA — large employer (26 or more employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $12.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $13.00
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

Novato, CA — small employer (25 or fewer employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $11.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $12.00
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

Oakland, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $13.80
• New minimum wage (2020): $14.14
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

Pasadena, CA — large businesses (26 or more employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $14.25
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.00
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

Pasadena, CA — small businesses (25 or fewer employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $13.25
• New minimum wage (2020): $14.25
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

Petaluma, CA — large businesses (26 or more employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $12.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.00
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

Petaluma, CA — small businesses (25 or fewer employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $11.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $14.00
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

Redwood City, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $13.50
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.00 + 2019 CPI
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

San Diego, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $12.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $13.00
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

San Jose, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $15.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.25
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

San Leandro, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $14.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.00
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

San Mateo, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $15.00 (citywide); $13.59 (nonprofits)
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.38
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

Santa Clara, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $15.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.40
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

Santa Monica, CA — large businesses (26 or more employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $14.25
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.00
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

Santa Monica, CA — small businesses (25 or fewer employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $13.25
• New minimum wage (2020): $14.25
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

Santa Rosa, CA — large businesses (26 or more employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $13.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.00
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

Santa Rosa, CA — small businesses (25 or fewer employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $12.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $14.00
• Date of increase: 7/1/2020

Sonoma, CA — large businesses (26 or more employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $12.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $13.50
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

Sonoma, CA — small businesses (25 or fewer employees)

• Current minimum wage (2019): $11.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $12.50
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

South San Francisco, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $12.00 (26 or more employees); $11.00 (fewer than 26 employees)
• New minimum wage (2020): $15.00
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020

Sunnyvale, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $15.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $16.05
• Date of increase: 1/1/2020