57 Cities and Counties With Higher Minimum Wages in 2023

All around the U.S., staff are preventing for greater pay, elevated advantages and higher working situations.

In keeping with the Nationwide Labor Relations Board, 2,072 petitions were filed to kind unions in 2022, a 63% improve from the earlier yr and probably the most over the previous decade, apart from 2015.

And governments all throughout the nation are reacting. The NLRB identified 91 states, counties and cities which might be elevating minimal wages in 2023. Some adjustments went into impact on Jan. 1, and others will take impact by July 1.

Here’s a have a look at the cities and counties which might be elevating minimal wages in 2023.

2 Arizona municipalities

The native minimal wage has elevated within the following components of Arizona:

• Flagstaff: From $15.50 to $16.80 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Tucson: From $13 to $13.85 (the identical because the state minimal) efficient Jan. 1, 2023

40 California municipalities

The native minimal wage has elevated within the following components of California:

• Alameda: From $15.75 to TBD (introduced by July 1, 2023)
• Belmont: From $16.20 to $16.75 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Berkeley: From $16.99 to TBD (introduced by July 1, 2023)
• Burlingame: From $15.60 to $16.47 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Cupertino: From $16.40 to $17.20 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Daly Metropolis: From $15.53 to $16.07 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• East Palo Alto: From $15.60 to $16.50 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• El Cerrito: From $16.37 to $17.35 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Emeryville: From $17.68 to TBD (introduced by July 1, 2023)
• Foster Metropolis: From $15.75 to $16.50 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Fremont: From $16.00 to TBD (introduced by July 1, 2023)
• Half Moon Bay: From $15.56 to $16.45 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Hayward: From $15.56 (massive employers) and $14.52 (small employers) to $16.34 (massive employers) and $15.50 (small employers) efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Los Altos: From $16.40 to $17.20 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Los Angeles: From $16.04 to TBD (introduced by July 1, 2023)
• Los Angeles County: From $15.96 to TBD (introduced by July 1, 2023)
• Malibu: From $15.96 to TBD (introduced by July 1, 2023)
• Menlo Park: From $15.75 to $16.20 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Milpitas: From $16.40 to TBD (introduced by July 1, 2023)
• Mountain View: From $17.10 to $18.15 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Novato: From $15.77 (very massive employers), $15.53 (massive employers) and $15.00 (small employers) to $16.32 (very massive employers), $16.07 (massive employers) and $15.53 (small employers) efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Oakland: From $15.06 to $15.97 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Palo Alto: From $16.45 to $17.25 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Pasadena: From $16.11 to TBD (introduced by July 1, 2023)
• Petaluma: From $15.85 to $17.06 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Redwood Metropolis: From $16.20 to $17.00 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Richmond: From $15.54 to $16.17 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• San Carlos: From $15.77 to $16.32 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• San Diego: From $15.00 to $16.30 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• San Francisco: From $16.99 to TBD (introduced by July 1, 2023)
• San Jose: From $16.20 to $17.00 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• San Mateo: From $16.20 to $16.75 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• San Mateo County: From $14.00 (massive employers) and $15.00 (small employers) to $16.50 (all employers) efficient April 1, 2023
• Santa Clara: From $16.40 to $17.20 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Santa Monica: From $15.96 (commonplace employers) to $16.90 efficient July 1, 2023; from $18.17 (resort) to TBD (introduced by Might 15, 2023)
• Santa Rosa: From $15.85 to $17.06 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Sonoma: From $16.00 (massive employers) and $15.00 (small employers) to $17.00 (massive employers) and $16.00 (small employers) efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• South San Francisco: From $15.80 to $16.70 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Sunnyvale: From $17.10 to $17.95 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• West Hollywood: From $16.50 (massive employers) and $16.00 (small employers) to $17.50 (massive employers) and $17.00 (small employers) efficient Jan. 1, 2023. Staff at massive employers, small employers and lodges will obtain an estimated $18.86 efficient July 1, 2023.

Denver

The native minimal wage has elevated in Denver:

• From $15.87 to $17.29 efficient Jan. 1, 2023

2 Illinois municipalities

The native minimal wage has elevated within the following components of Illinois:

• Chicago: From $15.40 (massive employers), $14.50 (small employers) and $12.00 (youth) to TBD (massive employers), $15.00 (small employers) and $13.50 (youth) efficient July 1, 2023
• Prepare dinner County: From $13.35 to TBD (introduced by July 1, 2023)

2 Maine municipalities

The native minimal wage has elevated within the following components of Maine:

• Portland: From $13.00 to $14.00 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Rockland: From $13.00 to $14.00 efficient Jan. 1, 2023

2 Maryland municipalities

The native minimal wage has elevated within the following components of Maryland:

• Howard County: From $15.00 (authorities), $14.00 (massive employers) and $12.50 (small employers) to $15.00 (authorities and enormous employers) and $13.25 (small employers) efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Montgomery County: From $15.65 (massive employers), $14.50 (midsize employers) and $14.00 (small employers) to TBD (massive employers), $15.00 (midsize employers) and $14.50 (small employers) efficient July 1, 2023

2 Minnesota municipalities

The native minimal wage has elevated within the following components of Minnesota:

• Minneapolis: From $15.00 (massive employers) and $13.50 (small employers) to $15.19 (massive employers) efficient Jan. 1, 2023, and $14.50 (small employers) efficient July 1, 2023
• St. Paul: From $15.00 (macro employers, authorities) to $15.19 efficient Jan. 1, 2023; from $13.50 (massive employers), $12.00 (small employers) and $10.75 (micro employers) to $15.00 (massive employers), $13.00 (small employers) and $11.50 (micro employers) efficient July 1, 2023

3 New Mexico municipalities

The native minimal wage has elevated within the following components of New Mexico:

• Albuquerque: From $11.50 to $12.00 (the identical because the state minimal) efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Las Cruces: From $11.50 to $12.00 (the identical because the state minimal) efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Santa Fe County: From $12.95 to TBD (introduced later in 2023)

3 Washington municipalities

The native minimal wage has elevated within the following components of Washington:

• SeaTac: From $17.54 to $19.06 efficient Jan. 1, 2023
• Seattle: From $17.27 (massive employers and small employers not offering medical advantages) and $15.75 (small employers offering medical advantages) to $18.69 (massive employers and small employers not offering medical advantages) and $16.50 (small employers offering medical advantages)
• Tukwila: From $14.49 (the identical because the state minimal) to TBD (introduced by July 1, 2023)