Table 7.

Sub-state areas with minimum wage increases, 2017–2019

State	Locality	January 2017 minimum wage	December 2019 minimum wage		Increase
Arizona	Flagstaff	10	12		2
California	Alameda	10.5	13.5	3
	Belmont	10.5	13.5	3
	Berkeley	12.53	15	2.47
	Cupertino	12	15	3
	Fremont	10.5	13.5	3
	Los Altos	12	15	3
	Los Angeles	10.5	14.25	3.75
	Los Angeles County	10.5	14.25	3.75
	Milpitas	10.5	12	1.5
	Mountain View	13	15.65	2.65
	Oakland	12.86	13.8	0.94
	Palo Alto	12	15	3
	Pasadena	10.5	14.25	3.75
	Redwood City	10.5	13.5	3
	Richmond	12.3	15	2.7
	San Diego	11.5	12	0.5
	San Francisco	13	15.59	2.59
	San Jose	10.5	15	4.5
	San Leandro	10.5	14	3.5
	San Mateo	12	13.5	1.5
	Santa Clara	11.1	15	3.9
	Santa Monica	10.5	14.25	3.75
	Sunnyvale	13	15.65	2.65
Iowa	Johnson County	10.1	7.25	-2.85
	Linn County	8.25	7.25	-1
	Wapello County	8.2	7.25	− 0.95
Illinois	Chicago	10.5	13	2.5
	Cook County	8.25	12	3.75
Maine	Bangor	9	11	2
	Portland	10.68	11	0.32
Maryland	Montgomery County	10.75	13	2.25
	Prince George’s County	10.75	11.5	0.75
Minnesota	Minneapolis	9.5	11	1.5
New Mexico	Albuquerque	8.8	9.2	0.4
	Bernalillo County	8.7	9.05	0.35
	Las Cruces	9.2	10.1	0.9
	Santa Fe	10.91	11.8	0.89
New York	New York City	11	15	4
	Long Island & Westchester	10	12.03	2.03
Oregon	Nonurban counties	9.5	11	1.5
	Portland	9.75	12.5	2.75
Washington	Seattle	13	15	2
	Tacoma	11.15	12.35	1.2
Mean [Max] Increase				2.36 [4.5]

Source: Authors’ calculations using Vaghul and Zipperer (2019), Updated Minimum Wage Data Set [available at https://github.com/benzipperer/historicalminwage, accessed on June 4, 2019], and UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education (2019), Inventory of Local Minimum Wage Ordinances (Cities and Counties). In Oregon, the nonurban rate applies to employers located within the following counties: Baker, Klamath, Coos, Lake, Crook, Malheur, Curry, Morrow, Douglas, Sherman, Gilliam, Umatilla, Grant, Union, Harney, Wallowa, Jefferson, and Wheeler