San Francisco minimum wage rises to $19.61 on July 1
A 40-hour San Francisco minimum-wage week will rise to $784.40 on July 1, while employers must post the new wage notice at every job site.
San Francisco workers earning the city minimum wage will move to $19.61 an hour on July 1, a raise that adds $17.20 to a standard 40-hour week and lifts gross weekly pay to $784.40 before taxes. The separate minimum for Government Supported Employees will rise to $17.35, while a small number of those workers will remain at $16.97. Restaurants, retailers and service employers that rely on city labor will face the higher payroll cost as the new rate reaches the first hours worked in San Francisco.
Employers must pay the San Francisco minimum wage to anyone performing work in San Francisco, including part-time and temporary employees. Workers who spend at least two hours a week on city work are covered, which means the increase will reach some employees who split time between San Francisco and jobs elsewhere in the Bay Area. Covered employers also must post the new July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 minimum wage poster at each workplace or job site, and workers can report violations to the San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement.
The increase is tied to the annual Consumer Price Index adjustment under Article 1.4 of the San Francisco Labor and Employment Code. It follows a minimum wage system that San Francisco voters first approved in 2003, making the city the first local jurisdiction in the country to adopt a wage floor above the federal or state minimum. In 2014, voters approved another measure that set the wage at $15 by July 1, 2018 and then indexed it annually.
San Francisco’s rate will remain well above California’s statewide minimum wage of $16.90 in 2026, although local ordinances override the state floor where they are higher. The city is one of several California jurisdictions moving on July 1, with Berkeley also rising to $19.61, Emeryville to $20.34, Los Angeles County to $18.47 and Santa Monica among the other localities raising wages the same day. UC Berkeley’s Labor Center counts 66 counties and cities with local minimum wage ordinances, up from just five before 2012.
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