| California Local Ordinance | Effective Date of Increase | 2016 Rate | 2017 Rate |
| Berkeley | October 1, 2017 | $12.53 | $13.75 |
| Cupertino | January 1, 2017 | NA | $12.00 |
| El Cerrito | January 1, 2017 | $11.60 | $12.25 |
| Emeryville | July 1, 2017 | $13.00 (55 or fewer employees) |
$14.00 |
| $14.82 (56 or more employees) |
$15.20 | ||
| Long Beach | January 1, 2017 | NA | $10.50 |
| Los Altos | January 1, 2017 | NA | $12.00 |
| Los Angeles (City) | July 1, 2017 | $10.50 (26 or more employees) |
$12.00 |
| NA (25 or fewer employees) |
$10.50 | ||
| Los Angeles County (Unincorporated Areas) | July 1, 2017 | $10.50 (26 or more employees) |
$12.00 |
| NA (25 or fewer employees) |
$10.50 | ||
| Malibu | July 1, 2017 | $10.50 (26 or more employees) |
$12.00 |
| NA (25 or fewer employees) |
$10.50 | ||
| Mountain View | January 1, 2017 | $11.00 | $13.00 |
| Oakland | January 1, 2017 | $12.55 | $12.86 |
| Palo Alto | January 1, 2017 | $11.00 | $12.00 |
| Pasadena | July 1, 2017 | $10.50 (26 or more employees) |
$12.00 |
| NA (25 or fewer employees) |
$10.50 | ||
| Richmond | January 1, 2017 | $11.52 (without qualifying healthcare benefits) (Note: Excludes small businesses that pay for 800 or fewer hours of employee labor per two weeks) |
$12.30 |
| $10.02 (with $1.50 per hour per employee towards healthcare benefits) |
$10.80 | ||
| $10.76 (Intermediate Minimum Wage) (Note: Used if employer derives more than half its income from transactions where the employer’s goods and services produced in Richmond are delivered or shipped outside Richmond) |
$11.40 | ||
| San Diego | January 1, 2017 | $10.50 | $11.50 |
| San Francisco | July 1, 2017 | $13.00 | $14.00 |
| San Jose | January 1, 2017 | $10.30 | $10.50 |
| San Leandro | July 1, 2017 | NA | $12.00 |
| San Mateo | January 1, 2017 | NA | $12.00 |
| $10.50 (nonprofit employers) | |||
| Santa Clara | January 1, 2017 | $11.00 | $11.10 |
| Santa Monica | July 1, 2017 | $10.50 (26 or more employees) |
$12.00 |
| NA (25 or fewer employees) |
$10.50 | ||
| Sunnyvale | January 1, 2017 | $11.00 | $13.00 |