--- title: Mapping the Minimum Wage description: Los Angeles became the latest and largest city to raise its minimum wage, voting on May 19 to up the figure from $9 an hour... canonical: https://time.com/3892037/mapping-the-minimum-wage/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-21T09:33:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:30:59.174Z article:section: World og:title: Mapping the Minimum Wage og:description: Los Angeles became the latest and largest city to raise its minimum wage, voting on May 19 to up the figure from $9 an hour... og:url: https://time.com/3892037/mapping-the-minimum-wage/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mapping the Minimum Wage twitter:description: Los Angeles became the latest and largest city to raise its minimum wage, voting on May 19 to up the figure from $9 an hour... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Mapping the Minimum Wage by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 21, 2015 9:33 AM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 21, 2015 9:33 AM CUT Los Angeles became the latest and largest city to raise its minimum wage, voting on May 19 to up the figure from $9 an hour to $15 by 2020\. (The federal minimum is $7.25.) Here’s how the hike compares with those of other major cities that have passed or proposed higher wage floors: \[The following text appears within a map. Please see hardcopy or PDF for actual map.\] San Francisco $15 Los Angeles $15 Seattle $15 Oakland $12.25 Santa Fe $10.84 San Diego $11.50 Chicago $13 Louisville, Ky. $9 Portland, Maine $10.68 New York City $15 Washington $15 Proposed Passed Note: Most increases will be phased in between now and 2020 Source: Map: National Employment Law Project ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3892037/mapping-the-minimum-wage/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3892037/mapping-the-minimum-wage/"},"headline":"Mapping the Minimum Wage","datePublished":"2015-05-21T09:33:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:30:59.174Z","description":"Los Angeles became the latest and largest city to raise its minimum wage, voting on May 19 to up the figure from $9 an hour...","url":"https://time.com/3892037/mapping-the-minimum-wage/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3892037/mapping-the-minimum-wage/","name":"Mapping the Minimum Wage"}}]}] ```