Additional details to accompany the new “Know Your Rights” flyer that will be handed out to all California students seeking a work permit.

Across the country, cities and counties have become laboratories of policy innovation on labor standards. Before 2012, only five localities had minimum wage laws; currently, 65 counties and cities do. To help inform policymakers and other stakeholders, the UC Berkeley Labor Center is maintaining an up-to-date inventory of these laws, with details on wage levels, scheduled increases, and other law details, as well as links to the ordinances.

Our minimum wage and living wage tools and resources includes our Inventory of US City and County Minimum Wage Ordinances and a table of current local minimum wages in California.

Our program regularly compiles policy and research updates related to technology and work. See below. New material will be added every few months.

This guide provides an overview of economic and workforce development public funding resources in California. It is designed to support potential applicants in two key areas: identifying relevant funding and integrating “high-road” strategies that prioritize community and worker benefits.

Use the data and resources on this page to learn more about union density in California.

A first look at labor’s vision of what the future of AI and digital technologies should look like.

Updated September 2025. An overview of current U.S. public policy that regulates employers’ use of digital workplace technologies.

A searchable inventory of contract provisions from over 175 union agreements showing how collective bargaining has been used to address workplace technologies, protect worker rights, and shape technology adoption, use, and oversight.

This page provides data on California health care employment by county and congressional district, including by sector and as a percentage of total employment, using estimates from IMPLAN input-output economic modeling software.

The UC Berkeley Labor Center provides no-cost technical assistance to employers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to facilitate high-road projects and partnerships in the green economy in California and beyond. In a high-road economy, job quality, equity, and sustainability are treated as complementary goals, rather than competing ones. We offer support identifying opportunities for projects and partnerships that advance these outcomes.

This page provides the number and percentage of children and teens enrolled in Medi-Cal by county, congressional district, assembly district, and senate district, as of July 2024. These estimates reflect the district boundaries after the 2024 election

This page provides estimates of the number of individuals and percentage of population enrolled in Medi-Cal by county, congressional district, assembly district, and senate district, as of June 2024.

Archive tables of California city and county minimum wage rates.

Workers at large businesses in California have basic rights around their worker data under the California Consumer Privacy Act, a groundbreaking data privacy law. Because of its potential value for workers and worker advocates, we explain in this toolkit the process for workers to access their data.

The California Green Economy Public Funding Tracker provides information on open funding opportunities from California state agencies related to climate, clean energy, and the workforce. It includes programs supported or administered by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), California Energy Commission (CEC), California Climate Investments, Strategic Growth Council, California Workforce Development Board (CWDB), and more.

The interactive data explorer provides comprehensive data on the state’s low-wage workforce, including demographics, job characteristics, industries, occupations, use of public assistance programs, and geography. It also provides users with graphics, tables, research summaries, interactive visualizations, and downloadable data.

Inventory of state and local laws that set higher minimum wages and other wage-related standards for specific industries.

UPDATED MARCH 1, 2023. Compilation of living wage and self-sufficiency calculators that provide data on California.