--- title: Spring 2026 Minimum Wages & Compliance Changes description: Discover key dates, deadlines, and reminders. --- [Skip to content](https://sbshrs.adpinfo.com/newsletter/spring-2026-minimum-wages-and-compliance-changes#main-content) [![ADP Logo](https://sbshrs.adpinfo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ADP_Logo_Digital_Color.png?width=100&height=46&name=ADP_Logo_Digital_Color.png "ADP Logo")](https://www.adp.com) - Select an Issue - [Home](https://sbshrs.adpinfo.com/newsletter?hsLang=en) - [Fall 2026](https://sbshrs.adpinfo.com/newsletter/fall-2026-hr-newsletter?hsLang=en) - [Summer 2026](https://sbshrs.adpinfo.com/summer-2026-hr-newsletter?hsLang=en) - [Spring 2026](https://sbshrs.adpinfo.com/newsletter/spring-2026-hr-newsletter?hsLang=en) - [Winter 2026](https://sbshrs.adpinfo.com/newsletter/winter-2026-hr-newsletter?hsLang=en) ## HR Newsletter Spring 2026 Edition Updated on: June 1, 2026                                                                                                   # Minimum Wages & Compliance Changes ![man behind cash register-1](https://sbshrs.adpinfo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mariana/man%20behind%20cash%20register-1.jpeg?width=2000&height=1093&name=man%20behind%20cash%20register-1.jpeg "man behind cash register-1") Below is a summary of wage increases and compliance requirements that took effect recently or will take effect soon. --- | ## TABLE OF CONTENTS | | --- | | Minimum hourly wage increases State Local jurisdiction Compliance updates State and local updates Alaska California  Connecticut  Illinois Indiana  Maine    New York Virginia  Washington   Minimum hourly wage increases The minimum wages and effective dates below are not exhaustive. There may be additional state and local jurisdictions that have scheduled increases or additional employees (EEs) that are impacted.    Check the government sites that apply to your jurisdiction over the upcoming months to help ensure compliance with changing minimum wage rates and their effective dates.  State and district minimum hourly wage increases JULY 1, 2026 ALASKA $14.00 CALIFORNIA   Hospital or integrated health system with 10,000 or more full-time employees (including skilled nursing facilities operated by these employers): $25 Dialysis clinics: $25 Covered healthcare facilities run by large counties: $25  Safety net hospitals:  $19.28 Covered small-county-run healthcare facilities: $19.28  Covered  medium-sized county-run healthcare facilities: $23 Intermittent clinics, community clinics, rural health clinics, or urgent care clinics associated with community or rural health clinics: $22 All other covered health care facilities not listed in the other categories and not run by counties: $23 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA $18.40 OREGON $14.55 (non-urban counties)  $15.55 (other counties except Metro Portland) $16.80 (Metro Portland) Local hourly wage increases MARCH 1, 2026 CITY OF SANTA FE, NM $15.40 COUNTY of SANTA FE, NM (unincorporated areas only) $15.40 JULY 1, 2026 ALAMEDA CITY, CA $17.76 (An employee who performs at least two hours of work in a particular workweek within the geographic boundaries of the City of Alameda) BERKELEY, CA $19.61 EMERYVILLE, CA $20.34 FREMONT, CA $18.05 GLENDALE, CA (Hotel workers) $25.00 LONG BEACH, CA (Hotel workers) $26.50 LONG BEACH, CA (Concessionaire workers) $26.50 (plus $4.25 towards health benefits) LOS ANGELES (CITY), CA $18.42 LOS ANGELES (CITY), CA (Airport workers) $25.00 plus at least $7.65 per hour toward health benefits. $32.65 if the employer doesn’t provide health benefits. LOS ANGELES (CITY), CA (Hotel workers) $25.00 plus at least $4.25 per hour toward health benefits.   $29.25 if the employer doesn’t provide health benefits. LOS ANGELES, CA (UNINCORPORATED COUNTY) $18.47 MALIBU, CA $17.91 MILPITAS, CA $18.50 PASADENA, CA $18.57 SAN DIEGO, CA (Hotels and amusement parks) $19.00 SAN DIEGO, CA (Event centers) $21.06 SAN FRANCISCO, CA $19.61 SANTA MONICA, CA $18.47 SANTA MONICA, CA (Hotel employees) $25.00 WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hotel employees) $20.87 CHICAGO, IL (Four or more EEs) $17.05 COOK COUNTY, IL $15.40  HOWARD COUNTY, MD (14 or fewer employees)  $16.00 MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD (51 or more EEs) $18.00 MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD (11 to 50 EEs) $16.50 MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD (10 or fewer EEs) $15.95 ST. PAUL, MN (Six to 100 EEs) $16.37 ST. PAUL, MN (Five or fewer EEs) $14.25 EVERETT, WA (15 to 500 EEs worldwide or fewer than 15 EEs with more than $2 million in gross revenue) $19.77 RENTON, WA 15 or more EEs (regardless of where those employees are employed), or has an annual gross revenue of over $2 million. $21.57   Return to the top Compliance updates The compliance updates and their effective dates below are not exhaustive. There may be other state and local jurisdictions that have additional laws and regulations. Check government sites relevant to your jurisdiction over the coming months to help ensure compliance with changing laws.        State and local updates       ALASKA  JULY 1, 2026 Alaska increases the minimum salary required for overtime exemptions. As a result of the state’s updated minimum wage, the minimum salary required for the administrative, professional, and executive exemptions from overtime under Alaska law increases to $1,120 per week.     CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 1, 2026 California requires new annual notice. California employers must provide a new stand-alone written notice annually to each employee and to each new employee at the time of hire, informing them of their rights under state and federal law. MARCH 30, 2026 California employers must offer the opportunity to name an emergency contact. Employers had until March 30, 2026 to provide existing employees with the opportunity to name an emergency contact for situations in which they are arrested or detained at or during work. For those hired after March 30, 2026, employers must provide the opportunity on their date of hire.     CONNECTICUT   FEBRUARY 10, 2026  Connecticut Supreme Court rules employer-required security screenings must be paid.  The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that state law offers greater protection than federal law by requiring employers to compensate employees in the state for mandatory security screenings at their place of employment.       ILLINOIS   JUNE 1, 2026 Illinois to require certain employers to provide NICU leave. Illinois will require covered employers to provide unpaid leave to employees when their child is a patient in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.     INDIANA  JULY 1, 2026 Indiana amends its Employment-Eligibility-Verification Law. Indiana will expressly prohibit employers from knowingly or intentionally recruiting, hiring, or continuing to employ an individual who is unauthorized to work and establish certain protections for employers that engage in “reasonable diligence” to verify new hires are authorized to work. Indiana to repeal registration requirement for employing minors. Illinois will repeal a law requiring employers to register with the Indiana Department of Labor when they employ five or more minors.       MAINE MAY 1, 2026 Maine employees may begin using the Paid Family and Medical Leave Program. Maine employers must begin providing leave for the covered reasons on May 1, 2026. 90 DAYS AFTER LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS Maine adds requirements for violators of its employment laws. Maine will require employers to notify employees if they are found in violation of Title 26, Chapter 7 of the Maine Revised Statutes, which contains provisions relating to pay, hours, recordkeeping, workplace postings, access to personnel files, leave, breaks and  other areas of employment law.      NEW YORK  APRIL 18, 2026 New York bans using credit history in employment decisions. Employers cannot request or use an applicant's consumer credit history for employment purposes, or to discriminate against an applicant or employee in hiring, compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment.     VIRGINIA JULY 1, 2026 Virginia restricts firearm storage in employer lots. Virginia has enacted legislation that will require secure vehicular storage of handguns in certain employment areas.     WASHINGTON JUNE 11, 2026 Washington prohibits mandatory employee microchipping. Washington state will prohibit an employer from requiring an employee or applicant to be microchipped. JULY 1, 2026 WA Cares set to begin. Washington's long-term care benefits program is set to begin on July 1, 2026. 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