Petaluma Increasing Minimum Wage In 2021

Petaluma CA

31 December, 2020

11:30 AM

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PETALUMA, CA — After a historically hard year for businesses and families, California and a number of its cities are raising their hourly minimum wage rates, including Petaluma. Petaluma will soon offer workers a $15.20 hourly minimum wage, up from $15 this year. Small business employees must be paid at least $15 per hour in 2021, up from $14 this year. Novato, Santa Rosa and Sonoma will also hike their minimum wages. The minimum wage in California was $13 per hour, but will increase to $14 in 2021 for companies counting more than 26 employees (for businesses with fewer than 26 employees, the wage is rising from $12 to $13.) Many municipalities already have minimum wages well above that, and several will increase next year. However, minimum wage rules are a complicated patchwork of county and municipal regulations that often vary based on the type of company. Some cities or counties, as shown below, tie their minimum wage rates to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a method of measuring inflation based of the average change in prices paid by consumers for a fixed market basket of goods and services. A number of cities' minimum wages automatically go up in either January or July when the CPI is updated. Here's a handy chart of all the California counties and cities reporting any type of minimum wage increase for the coming year. City or County2020 Minimum Wage2021 Minimum Wage2020 Minimum Wage for Small Businesses2021 Minimum Wage for Small BusinessesCalifornia$13$14$12$13Belmont$15$15.90__Berkeley$16.07$16.07 + CPI (on 7/1) __Cupertino$15.35$15.65__Daly City$13.75$15__El Cerrito$15.37$15.61__Emeryville$16.84$16.84 + CPI (on 7/1)__Fremont$13$15 + CPI (on 7/1)$13.50$15 (on 7/1)Hayward$13$15$12$14Los Altos$15.40$15.65__Los Angeles$15$15$14.25$15 (on 7/1)Los Angeles County$15$15$14.25$15 (on 7/1)Malibu$15$15$14.25$15 (on 7/1)Menlo Park$15$15.25__Milpitas$15.40$15.40 + CPI (on 7/1)__Mountain View$16.05$16.30__Novato$14$15$13$14Oakland$14.14$14.36__Palo Alto$15.40$15.65__Pasadena$15$15$14.25$15Petaluma$15$15.20$14$15Redwood City$15.38$15.62__Richmond$15$15.21__San Carlos$15$15.24__San Diego$13$14__San Francisco$16.07$16.07 + CPI (on 7/1)__San Jose$15.25$15.45__San Mateo$15.38$15.62__Santa Clara$15.40$15.65__Santa Monica$15$15$14.25$15 (on 7/1)Santa Rosa$15$15.20$14$15.20Sonoma$13.50$15$12.50$14South San Francisco$15$15.24__Sunnyvale$16.05$16.30__ — Patch editor Michael Wittner wrote this report, with additional reporting by editor Courtney Teague