Minimum wage in California will reach $15/hour by 2023, but localities are doing more now. In 2016, California legislators passed Senate Bill 3 that will increase the state’s minimum wage by $1/hour each year until it reaches $15/hour. As of 2020, 21 cities in the Bay Area, such as Berkeley, San Francisco, Milpitas, and Palo Alto, have a higher minimum wage than the state. And many more will continue to increase their minimum wages in the coming years. Learn more.

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