12 | 2025 Employment Laws on the Horizon © Seyfarth Shaw LLP Jurisdiction See counsel for coverage exceptions Gen. Min. Wage Min. Cash Wage Max. Tip Credit Min. Earnings for Exempt Status California Belmont Burlingame Cupertino Daly City East Palo Alto El Cerrito Foster City Half Moon Bay Hayward (26+) Los Altos Menlo Park Mountain View Novato (100+) Oakland (w/ health ben.) Oakland (w/o health ben.) Palo Alto Petaluma Redwood City Richmond San Carlos San Diego San Jose San Leandro San Mateo San Mateo Cnty Santa Clara Santa Rosa Sonoma (26+) South San Fran Sunnyvale West Hollywood $16.50 $18.30 $17.43 $18.20 $17.07 $17.45 $18.34 $17.39 $17.47 $17.36 $18.20 $17.10 $19.20 $17.27 $18.36 $24.48 $18.20 $17.97 $18.20 $17.77 $17.32 $17.25 $17.95 $16.50 $17.95 $17.46 $18.20 $17.87 $18.02 $17.70 $19.00 $19.65 N/A $0 $1,320/week or $68,640/year Qualified Computer: $118,657.43/year, $9,888.13/mo, or $56.97/hour Physicians or surgeons: $103.75/hour Colorado Boulder Boulder Cnty. Denver Edgewater $14.81 $15.57 $16.57 $18.81 $16.52 $11.79 $12.55 $13.55 $15.79 $13.50 $3.02 $1,086.25/week or $56,485/year Highly compensated employee: $127,091/year Qualified Computer: $34.07/hour or EAP Connecticut Non-Bartender Bartender $16.35 $6.38 $8.23 $9.97 $8.12 N/A Delaware $15.00 $2.23 $12.77 N/A Illinois Cook Cnty. Chicago $15.00 $15.00 $9.00 $9.00 $6.00 $6.00 N/A Maine Portland Rockland $14.65 $15.50 $15.50 $7.33 $7.75 $7.75 $7.32 $7.75 $7.75 $845.21/week or $43,951/year
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