West Hollywood’s new minimum wage law took effect in the new year, boosting pay for hourly employees at many businesses.
Starting on Jan. 1, minimum wage for West Hollywood hotel workers became $17.64 per hour — the highest minimum wage rate in the nation.
It surpasses minimum wage at Emeryville, another California city that previously held the nation’s highest rate at $17.13.
West Hollywood’s rate is also higher than California’s statewide minimum wage, which climbed to $15 per hour for employers with 26 or more employees in the new year.
It’s not just hotel workers seeing an increase. Minimum wage for employees at West Hollywood’s large business with 50 or more employees went up to $15.50. At smaller businesses, it became $15.
The ordinance, voted into law by the West Hollywood City Council in November, kick-starts a phased approach for minimum wage increases for large and small businesses.
On July 1, 2022, wages will go up again, with employees at large businesses getting $16.50 an hour, and at small businesses getting $16 an hour.
Next year, on Jan. 1 2023, employees at large businesses will make $17.50 an hour and those at small businesses will make $17.
Starting on July 1, 2023, the citywide minimum wage for all businesses will be $17.64. After that, the minimum wage for all businesses citywide will be increased every July, officials said.
Officials said what an employee earns in tips cannot count toward the minimum wage, and neither can their medical benefits.
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