Several SoCal Cities To Increase Minimum Wage In 2020

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — Workers across Southern 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:

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

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

San Diego, CA

• Current minimum wage (2019): $12.00
• New minimum wage (2020): $13.00
• 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