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Sept. 30, 2024
For Immediate Release
Minimum Wage Rises to $17.46 an Hour Beginning New Years Day in Unincorporated San Mateo County
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Redwood City – San Mateo County’s minimum wage will rise to $17.46 an hour in unincorporated areasstarting Jan. 1, 2025, as an automatic pay increase.
The minimum wage must be paid to employees who work at least two hours a week, with few exceptions. Employers regardless of size must pay workers at least $17.46 for all time worked within the geographic boundaries of unincorporated San Mateo County.
To put more money into the pockets of fast-food employees, agricultural laborers and other typically low-wage workers, the Board of Supervisors in November 2022 set a minimum wage for the first time in unincorporated areas. The wage may rise annually based on a formula involving the consumer price index.
The County’s minimum wage applies to nearly all workers, regardless of immigration status, across a wide geographic region. This includes North Fair Oaks, home to the bustling Middlefield Road corridor, agricultural land stretching from south of Pacifica to Pescadero, Broadmoor Village in the North County and other unincorporated pockets.
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