California City and County Minimum Wages as of 1/1/2023

    Locality
    Date
    Rate
    Small Employer*
    Links
    Notes
    Alameda 7/1/2022 $15.75 webpage
    Belmont 1/1/2023 $16.75 webpage
    Berkeley 7/1/2022 $16.99 webpage
    Burlingame 1/1/2023 $16.47 webpage
    Cupertino 1/1/2023 $17.20 webpage
    Daly City 1/1/2023 $16.07 webpage
    East Palo Alto 1/1/2023 $16.50 website
    El Cerrito 1/1/2023 $17.35 webpage
    Emeryville 7/1/2022 $17.68 webpage
    Foster City 1/1/2023 $16.50 webpage
    Fremont 7/1/2022 $16.00 webpage
    Half Moon Bay 1/1/2023 $16.45 webpage
    Hayward 1/1/2023 $16.34 $15.50 webpage Hayward's rate for small employers is the same as the state of California's.
    Los Altos 1/1/2023 $17.20 webpage
    Los Angeles 7/1/2022 $16.04 webpage
    Los Angeles County (unincorporated) 7/1/2022 $15.96 webpage
    Malibu 7/1/2022 $15.96 webpage
    Menlo Park 1/1/2023 $16.20 webpage
    Milpitas 7/1/2022 $16.40 webpage
    Mountain View 1/1/2023 $18.15 webpage
    Novato 1/1/2023 $16.07 $15.53 webpage Very large business rate (100+ employees): $16.32
    Oakland 1/1/2023 $15.97 webpage
    Palo Alto 1/1/2023 $17.25 webpage
    Pasadena 7/1/2022 $16.11 webpage
    Petaluma 1/1/2023 $17.06 webpage
    Redwood City 1/1/2023 $17.00 webpage
    Richmond 1/1/2023 $16.17 webpage
    San Carlos 1/1/2023 $16.32 webpage
    San Diego 1/1/2023 $16.30 webpage
    San Francisco 7/1/2022 $16.99 webpage
    San Jose 1/1/2023 $17.00 webpage
    San Mateo 1/1/2023 $16.75 webpage
    Santa Clara 1/1/2023 $17.20 webpage
    Santa Monica 7/1/2022 $15.96 webpage
    Santa Rosa 1/1/2023 $17.06 webpage
    Sonoma 1/1/2023 $17.00 $16.00 webpage
    South San Francisco 1/1/2023 $16.70 webpage
    Sunnyvale 1/1/2023 $17.95 webpage
    West Hollywood 1/1/2023 $17.50 $17.00 webpage Small employer is 49 or fewer employees

    *Small Employer is defined as employing 25 or fewer workers unless otherwise noted.