Starting July 1, 2016, Los Angeles City, unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, Pasadena and Santa Monica will phase in wage increases over several years, culminating in a $15-per-hour wage in 2020. Please see below for a map identifying the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County and a schedule of minimum wage rates for private sector workers from July 1, 2016, through the year 2022.*
The four Los Angeles areas join an unprecedented number of cities and counties that have moved to adopt higher local minimum wages. Please see below for a complete list of municipalities that will implement a minimum-wage increase on July 1, 2016.
Equally significant to the rising number of minimum-wage ordinances, many of these new measures go beyond simply increasing the minimum wage to catch up for inflation. Localities, in fact, have implemented minimum wages of $15 per hour or more. Now employers are facing the possibility of having to comply with multiple state and local minimum-wage ordinances.
