Jun 24, 2024

2024 Midyear Minimum Wages – California Health Care, Fast Food Restaurants and Municipalities

Effective April 01, 2024, and July 01, 2024

Affects specific employers based on industry or municipality

 

Overview:

January 01, 2024, California’s State minimum wage increased to $16.00 per hour for all employer sizes. Additionally, new legislation was enacted in 2024 increasing the minimum wage for fast food and health care workers, however health care worker minimum wages have been delayed until October 2024 at the earliest. Finally, municipalities continue to implement their own minimum wage linked to the CPI, to better support the needs of employees in their geographical areas. Below are the 2024 minimum wages effective April 01, 2024, and July 01, 2024 including calendar year increases effective January 01, 2024. For further information and/or printable posters, click the respective hyperlink to be directed to further information. 

 

California State Minimum Wage:

State

01/01/2024 Rate

California

$16.00

 

California State Fast Food Minimum Wage:

State

04/01/2024 Rate

Limited-service restaurant chains with at least 60 establishments nationwide (if a local minimum wage is greater the local minimum wage must be paid)

$20.00

California State Municipality Minimum Wages:

Cities

07/01/2024 Rate

01/01/2024 Rate

Alameda

$17.00

 

Belmont

 

$17.35

Berkeley

$18.67

 

Burlingame

 

$17.03

Cupertino

 

$17.75

Daly City

 

$16.62

East Palo Alto

 

$17.00

El Cerrito

 

$17.92

Emeryville

$19.36

 

Foster City

 

$17.00

Fremont

$17.30

 

Half Moon Bay

 

$17.01

Hayward (25 or fewer employees)

 

$16.00

Hayward (26 or more employees)

 

$16.90

Long Beach (Concessionaire Workers)

$17.97

 

Long Beach (Hotel Workers)

$23.00

 

Los Altos

 

$17.75

Los Angeles

$17.28

 

Los Angeles (Hotels; 60 or more rooms)

$20.32

 

Los Angeles County (Unincorporated)

$17.27

 

Malibu

$17.27

 

Menlo Park

 

$16.70

Milpitas

$17.70

 

Mountain View

 

$18.75

Novato (25 or fewer employees)

 

$16.04

Novato (26-99 employees)

 

$16.60

Novato (100 or more employees)

 

$16.86

Oakland

 

$16.50

Oakland (hotels with health benefits)

 

$17.94

Oakland (hotels without health benefits)

 

$23.91

Palo Alto

 

$17.80

Pasadena

$17.50

 

Petaluma

 

$17.45

Redwood City

 

$17.70

Richmond

 

$17.20

San Carlos

 

$16.87

San Diego

 

$16.85

San Francisco

$18.67

 

San José

 

$17.55

San Mateo City

 

$17.35

San Mateo County (Unincorporated)

 

$17.06

Santa Clara

 

$17.75

Santa Monica

$17.27

 

Santa Monica (All Hotels)

$20.32

 

Santa Monica (Businesses on hotel property)

$20.32

 

Santa Rosa

 

$17.45

Sonoma City (25 or fewer employees)

 

$16.56

Sonoma City (26 or more employees)

 

$17.60

South San Francisco

 

$17.25

Sunnyvale

 

$18.55

West Hollywood (non-hotel employees)

 

$19.08 (effective 07/01/2023)

West Hollywood (hotel employees)

$19.61

 

 

Additional Minimum Wage Considerations:

It is important to understand the impact that minimum wage changes have on other minimum thresholds. For example, salary exempt employees must meet exemption requirements including earning no less than twice the minimum wage to remain exempt. With the State’s increase to $16.00 per hour, salary exempt employees must earn no less than $66,560 per year, effective 01/01/2024. Additionally, computer software employees need to earn a minimum hourly rate of $55.58 per hour, or an annual salary of $115,763.35, or $9,646.96 per month. Exempt licensed physicians and surgeons need to earn no less than $101.22 per hour and commissioned inside sales exempt employees under wage orders 4 and 5 need to earn no less than $24.00 per hour. Minimum wage also impacts minimum pay for rest and non-productive time for piece rate earners, split-shift premiums, and minimum hourly rate for employees that are required to provide their own tools.

Effective April 01, 2024, July 01, 2024, and October 16, 2024

Affects specific employers based on industry or municipality

 

Overview:

January 01, 2024, California’s State minimum wage increased to $16.00 per hour for all employer sizes. Additionally, new legislation was enacted in 2024 increasing the minimum wage for fast food and health care workers, however health care worker minimum wages was delayed until October 16, 2024. Finally, municipalities continue to implement their own minimum wage linked to the CPI, to better support the needs of employees in their geographical areas. Below are the 2024 minimum wages effective April 01, 2024, July 01, 2024, and October 16, 2024 including calendar year increases effective January 01, 2024. For further information and/or printable posters, click the respective hyperlink to be directed to further information.  

 

California State Minimum Wage:

State

01/01/2024 Rate

California

$16.00

 

California State Fast Food Minimum Wage:

State

04/01/2024 Rate

Limited-service restaurant chains with at least 60 establishments nationwide (if a local minimum wage is greater the local minimum wage must be paid)

$20.00

 

California State Health Care Minimum Wage:

Covered Health Care Employers 

10/16/2024 Rate

  1. Health care facility with 10,000+ FTEEs
  2. Health care facility part of an integrated health care system with 10,000+ FTEEs
  3. Health care facility with a dialysis clinic
  4. A person that owns, controls, or operates a dialysis clinic, or health facility owned, affiliated, or operated by a county with a population >5,000,000 as of 01/01/2023

$23.00

  1. Hospital with a high governmental payor mix
  2. An independent hospital with an elevated governmental payor mix
  3. Rural independent covered health care facility
  4. Health care facility owned, affiliated, or operated by a county with a population <250,000 as of 01/01/2023

$18.00

  1. Any of the following health care facilities
  1. Clinic as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code not operated by or affiliated with a clinic in subdivision (b) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code
  2. Community clinic licensed under subdivision (a) of Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code, and any associated intermittent clinic exempt from licensure under subdivision (h) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code
  3. A rural health clinic, defined in paragraph (1) of Section 1396d of Title 42 of the United States Code, that is not license-exempt
  4. An urgent care clinic that is owned or affiliated with a facility described in (ii) or (iii)

$21.00

  1. All other covered health care facility employers

$21.00

 

California State Municipality Minimum Wages:

Cities

07/01/2024 Rate

01/01/2024 Rate

Alameda

$17.00

 

Belmont

 

$17.35

Berkeley

$18.67

 

Burlingame

 

$17.03

Cupertino

 

$17.75

Daly City

 

$16.62

East Palo Alto

 

$17.00

El Cerrito

 

$17.92

Emeryville

$19.36

 

Foster City

 

$17.00

Fremont

$17.30

 

Half Moon Bay

 

$17.01

Hayward (25 or fewer employees)

 

$16.00

Hayward (26 or more employees)

 

$16.90

Long Beach (Concessionaire Workers)

$17.97

 

Long Beach (Hotel Workers)

$23.00

 

Los Altos

 

$17.75

Los Angeles

$17.28

 

Los Angeles (Hotels; 60 or more rooms)

$20.32

 

Los Angeles County (Unincorporated)

$17.27

 

Malibu

$17.27

 

Menlo Park

 

$16.70

Milpitas

$17.70

 

Mountain View

 

$18.75

Novato (25 or fewer employees)

 

$16.04

Novato (26-99 employees)

 

$16.60

Novato (100 or more employees)

 

$16.86

Oakland

 

$16.50

Oakland (hotels with health benefits)

 

$17.94

Oakland (hotels without health benefits)

 

$23.91

Palo Alto

 

$17.80

Pasadena

$17.50

 

Petaluma

 

$17.45

Redwood City

 

$17.70

Richmond

 

$17.20

San Carlos

 

$16.87

San Diego

 

$16.85

San Francisco

$18.67

 

San José

 

$17.55

San Mateo City

 

$17.35

San Mateo County (Unincorporated)

 

$17.06

Santa Clara

 

$17.75

Santa Monica

$17.27

 

Santa Monica (All Hotels)

$20.32

 

Santa Monica (Businesses on hotel property)

$20.32

 

Santa Rosa

 

$17.45

Sonoma City (25 or fewer employees)

 

$16.56

Sonoma City (26 or more employees)

 

$17.60

South San Francisco

 

$17.25

Sunnyvale

 

$18.55

West Hollywood (non-hotel employees)

 

$19.08 (effective 07/01/2023)

West Hollywood (hotel employees)

$19.61

 

 

Additional Minimum Wage Considerations:

It is important to understand the impact that minimum wage changes have on other minimum thresholds. For example, salary exempt employees must meet exemption requirements including earning no less than twice the minimum wage to remain exempt. With the State’s increase to $16.00 per hour, salary exempt employees must earn no less than $66,560 per year, effective 01/01/2024. Additionally, computer software employees need to earn a minimum hourly rate of $55.58 per hour, or an annual salary of $115,763.35, or $9,646.96 per month. Exempt licensed physicians and surgeons need to earn no less than $101.22 per hour and commissioned inside sales exempt employees under wage orders 4 and 5 need to earn no less than $24.00 per hour. Minimum wage also impacts minimum pay for rest and non-productive time for piece rate earners, split-shift premiums, and minimum hourly rate for employees that are required to provide their own tools.

Effective April 01, 2024, July 01, 2024, and October 16, 2024

Affects specific employers based on industry or municipality

Overview:

January 01, 2024, California’s State minimum wage increased to $16.00 per hour for all employer sizes. Additionally, new legislation was enacted in 2024 increasing the minimum wage for fast food and health care workers, however health care worker minimum wages was delayed until October 16, 2024. Finally, municipalities continue to implement their own minimum wage linked to the CPI, to better support the needs of employees in their geographical areas. Below are the 2024 minimum wages effective April 01, 2024, July 01, 2024, and October 16, 2024 including calendar year increases effective January 01, 2024. For further information and/or printable posters, click the respective hyperlink to be directed to further information.  

California State Minimum Wage:

State

01/01/2024 Rate

California

$16.00

California State Fast Food Minimum Wage:

State

04/01/2024 Rate

Limited-service restaurant chains with at least 60 establishments nationwide (if a local minimum wage is greater the local minimum wage must be paid)

$20.00

California State Health Care Minimum Wage:

Covered Health Care Employers 

10/16/2024 Rate

  1. Health care facility with 10,000+ FTEEs
  2. Health care facility part of an integrated health care system with 10,000+ FTEEs
  3. Health care facility with a dialysis clinic
  4. A person that owns, controls, or operates a dialysis clinic, or health facility owned, affiliated, or operated by a county with a population >5,000,000 as of 01/01/2023

$23.00

  1. Hospital with a high governmental payor mix
  2. An independent hospital with an elevated governmental payor mix
  3. Rural independent covered health care facility
  4. Health care facility owned, affiliated, or operated by a county with a population <250,000 as of 01/01/2023

$18.00

      Any of the following health care facilities

  1. Clinic as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code not operated by or affiliated with a clinic in subdivision (b) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code
  2. Community clinic licensed under subdivision (a) of Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code, and any associated intermittent clinic exempt from licensure under subdivision (h) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code
  3. A rural health clinic, defined in paragraph (1) of Section 1396d of Title 42 of the United States Code, that is not license-exempt
  4. An urgent care clinic that is owned or affiliated with a facility described in (ii) or (iii)

$21.00

  1. All other covered health care facility employers

$21.00

California State Municipality Minimum Wages:

Cities

07/01/2024 Rate

01/01/2024 Rate

Alameda

$17.00

 

Belmont

 

$17.35

Berkeley

$18.67

 

Burlingame

 

$17.03

Cupertino

 

$17.75

Daly City

 

$16.62

East Palo Alto

 

$17.00

El Cerrito

 

$17.92

Emeryville

$19.36

 

Foster City

 

$17.00

Fremont

$17.30

 

Half Moon Bay

 

$17.01

Hayward (25 or fewer employees)

 

$16.00

Hayward (26 or more employees)

 

$16.90

Long Beach (Concessionaire Workers)

$17.97

 

Long Beach (Hotel Workers)

$23.00

 

Los Altos

 

$17.75

Los Angeles

$17.28

 

Los Angeles (Hotels; 60 or more rooms)

$20.32

 

Los Angeles County (Unincorporated)

$17.27

 

Malibu

$17.27

 

Menlo Park

 

$16.70

Milpitas

$17.70

 

Mountain View

 

$18.75

Novato (25 or fewer employees)

 

$16.04

Novato (26-99 employees)

 

$16.60

Novato (100 or more employees)

 

$16.86

Oakland

 

$16.50

Oakland (hotels with health benefits)

 

$17.94

Oakland (hotels without health benefits)

 

$23.91

Palo Alto

 

$17.80

Pasadena

$17.50

 

Petaluma

 

$17.45

Redwood City

 

$17.70

Richmond

 

$17.20

San Carlos

 

$16.87

San Diego

 

$16.85

San Francisco

$18.67

 

San José

 

$17.55

San Mateo City

 

$17.35

San Mateo County (Unincorporated)

 

$17.06

Santa Clara

 

$17.75

Santa Monica

$17.27

 

Santa Monica (All Hotels)

$20.32

 

Santa Monica (Businesses on hotel property)

$20.32

 

Santa Rosa

 

$17.45

Sonoma City (25 or fewer employees)

 

$16.56

Sonoma City (26 or more employees)

 

$17.60

South San Francisco

 

$17.25

Sunnyvale

 

$18.55

West Hollywood (non-hotel employees)

 

$19.08 (effective 07/01/2023)

West Hollywood (hotel employees)

$19.61

 

Additional Minimum Wage Considerations:

It is important to understand the impact that minimum wage changes have on other minimum thresholds. For example, salary exempt employees must meet exemption requirements including earning no less than twice the minimum wage to remain exempt. With the State’s increase to $16.00 per hour, salary exempt employees must earn no less than $66,560 per year, effective 01/01/2024. Additionally, computer software employees need to earn a minimum hourly rate of $55.58 per hour, or an annual salary of $115,763.35, or $9,646.96 per month. Exempt licensed physicians and surgeons need to earn no less than $101.22 per hour and commissioned inside sales exempt employees under wage orders 4 and 5 need to earn no less than $24.00 per hour. Minimum wage also impacts minimum pay for rest and non-productive time for piece rate earners, split-shift premiums, and minimum hourly rate for employees that are required to provide their own tools.

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