SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For the past three years, the minimum wage in California has been rising, with the goal of being at $15 an hour in 2023.
Over the next four years, the minimum wage will increase by $1 a year until it reaches that 2023 goal.
Larger businesses are on a faster schedule than smaller businesses (those with 25 or fewer employers). Larger businesses will be expected to pay their employees $15 an hour in 2022.
Meanwhile, some cities in California, like San Leandro and Berkeley, are either ahead of schedule by a few dollars or already expecting businesses in their city to pay employees at least $15 an hour.
Some cities like Cupertino have preemptively addressed the possible need to raise the minimum wage in the future by adding an inflation clause to its city code. Each of these cities plans to raise their minimum wage to a rate that matches inflation rates.
The City of Mountain View has already used their inflation clause and has a minimum wage of $15.65.
Minimum wage in California is still overall $3.75 higher than the federal minimum wage that is at $7.25. The federal rate has been the same since 2009.
Below is a list of the 22 cities ahead of schedule as of Jan. 1 2019:
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