California’s drive toward a 15-dollar minimum wage for all employers continues. Effective January 1, 2022, the minimum wage for employers with 25 employees or less will increase to $14.00 per hour, and for employers with 26 or more employees, the minimum wage will increase to $15.00 per hour. Employers must remember this increase also affects minimum salary requirements for exempt employees.

While some local minimum wages increase mid-year, many others, like the City of West Hollywood,  increase on January 1 at the same time the State’s increases take effect.

Additionally, the following local minimum wage increases go into effect on January 1, 2022, and are differentiated by employer size:

Hayward

Employers with 25 or fewer employees:

 

$14.52 per hour

Employers with 26 or more employees:

 

$15.56 per hour

Novato

Employers with 1 to 25 employees:

 

$15.00 per hour

Employers with 26- 99 employees:

 

$15.53 per hour

Employers with 100 or more employees:

 

$15.77

Sonoma

Employers with 25 or fewer employees:

 

$15.00 per hour

Employers with 26 or more employees:

 

$16.00 per hour

The following local minimum wages go into effect on January 1, 2022, regardless of employer size:

City

Required Minimum Wage as of January 1, 2022, Irrespective of Employer Size

 

Belmont $16.20 per hour
Burlingame $15.60 per hour
Cupertino $16.40 per hour
Daly City $15.53 per hour
East Palo Alto $15.60 per hour
El Cerrito $16.37 per hour
Half Moon Bay $15.56 per hour
Los Altos $16.40 per hour
Menlo Park $15.75 per hour
Mountain View $17.10 per hour
Oakland $15.06 per hour
Palo Alto $16.45 per hour
Petaluma $15.85 per hour
Redwood City $16.20 per hour
Richmond $15.54 per hour
San Carlos $15.77 per hour
San Diego $15.00 per hour
San Jose $16.20 per hour
San Mateo $16.20 per hour
Santa Clara $16.40 per hour
Santa Rosa $15.85 per hour
South San Francisco $15.80 per hour
Sunnyvale $17.10 per hour

Employers must also ensure their minimum wage postings are updated appropriately to reflect state and local increases.

To ensure your company has up-to-date minimum wage information, subscribe to Jackson Lewis’ Minimum Wage Watch, which provides alerts on changes in the minimum wage in California and around the country.

If you have questions about minimum wage compliance contact a Jackson Lewis attorney to discuss.