Minimum Wage – California
- Valid in March 2026
- The amounts are in US Dollar ($).
- The amounts are before tax.
Category
| Per hour | |
| East Palo Alto | $17.90 |
| Foster City | $17.85 |
| Half Moon Bay | $17.91 |
| Hayward | $17.79 |
| Menlo Park | $17.55 |
| Novato - very large businesses with 100 or more employees | $17.73 |
| Novato - large businesses with 26-99 employees | $17.46 |
| Novato - small businesses with 1-25 employees | $16.90 |
| Petaluma | $18.31 |
| San Carlos | $17.75 |
| Employers with 25 or fewer employees | $16.90 |
| Employers with 26 or more employees | $16.90 |
| Belmont | $18.95 |
| Berkeley | $19.18 |
| Berkeley - Employees in the Employer Youth Works program and job training participants up to 25 years of age | $14.50 |
| Cupertino | $18.70 |
| El Cerrito | $18.82 |
| Emeryville - all small and large businesses | $19.90 |
| Los Altos | $18.70 |
| Los Angeles - Employers with 25 or fewer employees | $17.87 |
| Los Angeles - 26 or more employees | $17.87 |
| Los Angeles County - Unincorporated - Employers with 25 or fewer employees | $17.81 |
| Los Angeles County - Unincorporated - 26 or more employees | $17.81 |
| Malibu - Employers with 25 or fewer employees | $17.27 |
| Malibu - Employers with 26 or more employees | $17.27 |
| Milpitas | $18.20 |
| Mountain View | $19.70 |
| Oakland - Generally | $17.34 |
| Palo Alto | $18.70 |
| Pasadena - Employers with 25 or fewer employees | $18.04 |
| Pasadena - Employers with 26 or more employees | $18.04 |
| Redwood City | $18.65 |
| Richmond - With Benefits | $17.68 |
| Richmond - Without Benefits | $19.18 |
| San Diego | $17.75 |
| San Francisco | $19.18 |
| San Jose | $18.45 |
| San Leandro | $15.00 |
| San Mateo - Generally | $18.60 |
| San Mateo - Non - Profit | $18.60 |
| Santa Clara | $18.70 |
| Santa Monica - Employers with 25 or fewer employees | $17.81 |
| Santa Monica - Employers with 26 or more employees | $17.81 |
| Sunnyvale | $19.50 |
| Daly City | $17.50 |
| Santa Rosa | $18.21 |
| Sonoma - large employers (26 or more employees) | $18.47 |
| Sonoma - small employers (25 or fewer employees) | $17.38 |
| South San Francisco | $18.15 |
| West Hollywood - hotel workers | $20.22 |
| West Hollywood - non-hotel workers | $20.25 |
| Alameda | $17.46 |
| Fremont | $17.75 |
| Burlingame | $17.86 |
More information is available at
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- About the Minimum Wages Database
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