2026 Midyear State and Local Minimum Wage Increases

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Quick Hits

• Multiple states and major localities across the United States will increase their minimum wage rates in the coming months.
• Several jurisdictions are also raising the minimum cash wage for tipped workers.

PLEASE NOTE:

• Jurisdictions that will not have—or have not announced—upcoming mid-year increases in their minimum wage rates are not included below.
• This list includes several major localities with minimum wage rates that will increase in mid-2026. It is not exhaustive of all localities nationwide that may have a mid-year minimum wage rate change.
• If a jurisdiction’s minimum cash wage for tipped workers is changing in mid-2026, it is included in the list below.

MID-2026 MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES (State and Major Localities)

All increases shown below will be effective on JULY 1, 2026, unless noted otherwise.

ALASKA

$13.00 to $14.00

CALIFORNIA

Berkeley
 $19.18 to $19.61

Emeryville

$19.90 to $20.34

Los Angeles (City)
$17.87 to $18.42

Hotel Workers: $22.50 to $25.00

Los Angeles County (unincorporated areas)
$17.81 to $18.47

Malibu

$17.27 to $17.91

Pasadena
$18.04 to $18.57

San Diego—Hospitality Employers*

Hotels and Amusement Parks: $19.00

Event Centers: $21.06

*Rates established by Oct. 2025 Hospitality Minimum Wage Ordinance

No change to general minimum wage ($17.75)

San Francisco
$19.18 to $19.61

Santa Monica
$17.81 to $18.47

Hotels/businesses on hotel property: $22.50 to $25.00

West Hollywood

Hotel Employers: $20.22 to $20.87

No change to general (non-hotel employer) minimum wage ($20.25)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

$17.95 to $18.40

$10.00 to $10.30 – TIPPED WORKERS

FLORIDA

$14.00 to $15.00 (effective September 30, 2026)

$10.98 to $11.98 (effective September 30, 2026) –TIPPED WORKERS

ILLINOIS

Chicago

$16.60 to $17.05

$12.62 to $12.96 –TIPPED WORKERS

Cook County

$15.00 to $15.40

$9.00 to $9.25 –TIPPED WORKERS

MARYLAND

Montgomery County

Employers with 51 or more employees: $17.65 to $18.00

Employers with 11–50 employees: $16.00 to $16.50

Employers with 10 or fewer employees: $15.50 to $15.95

MINNESOTA

Saint Paul

Large / Macro Businesses (101+ employees): $16.37 – no change

Small Businesses (6–100 employees): $15.00 to $16.37

Micro Businesses (5 or fewer employees): $13.25 to $14.25

OREGON

Standard Statewide Rate: $15.05 to $15.55

Portland Metro Employers (i.e., employers located within the “urban growth boundary of a metropolitan service district”): $16.30 to $16.80

Employers in Nonurban Counties: $14.05 to $14.55

Ogletree Deakins’ Wage and Hour Practice Group will continue to monitor developments and will post updates on the State Developments and Wage and Hour blogs as additional information becomes available.

The Ogletree Deakins Client Portal provides subscribers with timely updates on wage and hour laws, including minimum wage. Our updated minimum wage and minimum wage tip credit law summaries contain state and major locality current minimum wage and tip credit rates, new rates going into effect in mid-2026 (as reflected above), and other future minimum wage and tip credit rates that states and major localities have published and/or announced. Full law summaries available for Premium-level subscribers; Snapshots and Updates available for all registered client-users. For more information on the Client Portal or a Client Portal subscription, please reach out to clientportal@ogletree.com.

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