California minimum wage 2026

California minimum wage per day, week, month and year

Will California’s minimum wage go up in 2027?

Yes. On January 1, 2027, it rises to $17.40 an hour, for tipped workers too.

Cities and counties with their own minimum wage in California

California lets cities and counties set a higher minimum wage. If you work in one of them, your employer has to pay the higher rate.

• ^* Los Angeles: hotels with 60 or more rooms pay $25.00 an hour, plus $4.25 an hour for health benefits; it goes up to $25.50 on July 1, 2027, and $28.50 on July 1, 2028.
• ^* San Diego: hotels with 150 or more rooms and amusement parks pay $19.00; event centers, $21.06.
• ^* Oakland: hotel workers get $18.85 with health benefits or $25.14 without.
• ^* West Hollywood: hotel workers, hotel restaurants included, get $20.87 an hour.
• ^* Santa Monica: hotel workers get $25.00 an hour.
• ^* Hayward: for employers with 26 or more employees; smaller ones pay the California minimum.
• ^* Novato: for employers with 100 or more employees; those with 26 to 99 pay $17.46, and those with 1 to 25, the California minimum.
• ^* Sonoma: for employers with 26 or more employees; those with 25 or fewer pay $17.38.

How the tip credit works in California

California doesn’t allow a tip credit. Tipped workers get at least $16.90 an hour from their employer, and tips are on top.

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Good to know

Some fast food and health care jobs have a higher minimum.

Overtime

Under federal law, hours over 40 in a workweek are paid at time and a half (1.5 times your regular rate): at California’s minimum, at least $25.35 an hour. In California, hours over 8 in a day are overtime too, and hours over 12 are paid at double time.

PayJar applies weekly overtime from the start and lets you turn on daily overtime and double time. Add up your week’s hours and overtime in the time card calculator.