--- title: "Local Minimum Wage 2026-2027 Open Dataset (CSV) | MCC" description: "Minimum wages US cities, counties and regions set above the state rate: 2026 and 2027 rates, effective dates and official sources, as CSV and JSON." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/local-min-wage" --- Open data · CC BY 4.0 # City and county minimum wage 2026 and 2027: open dataset Local minimum wage rates, 2026 and 2027 for 54 jurisdictions as a documented CSV and JSON file, free to reuse with a credit link. Sources checked November 2026. - **54**jurisdictions - **20**fields - **November 2026**sources checked - **402**confirmed values - **32**unconfirmed items [Download CSV](/data/local-min-wage.csv)[Download JSON](/data/local-min-wage.json) **Need it always current?** [API from $19/mo](/data/api): the same data as JSON with an API key, change notices and a commercial-use license. The CSV and JSON downloads stay free. Readable version: [Local minimum wage rates, 2026 and 2027, explained state by state](/bookkeeping/local-minimum-wage-2027). All site datasets: [open data](/data/open) · [data roundups](/data/). ## What this dataset covers Each US city, county and state-set region we confirmed on an official page with a general minimum wage above its state's: the 2026 rate, the 2027 rate and its start date where announced, employer-size tiers and tipped cash wages where the source states them. Most often unconfirmed in this release: `rate_2027` (31), `rate_2026` (1). 21 jurisdictions have their own page on the site (CA-CUPERTINO, CA-DALY-CITY, CA-FOSTER-CITY, CA-HALF-MOON-BAY, CA-HAYWARD, CA-PALO-ALTO, CA-SAN-DIEGO, CA-SAN-MATEO, CA-SAN-MATEO-COUNTY, CO-BOULDER, CO-BOULDER-COUNTY, CO-DENVER, CO-EDGEWATER, MD-HOWARD-COUNTY, MN-MINNEAPOLIS, MN-SAINT-PAUL, NM-LAS-CRUCES, NM-SANTA-FE, WA-BURIEN, WA-RENTON, WA-SEATTLE); their rows also carry the explanatory text and all sources shown there. ## Field dictionary | Field | Meaning | Type | In this release | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `jurisdiction_code` | Row id: the state's postal code and the locality's name (for example WA-SEATTLE). | string | 54 of 54 filled | | `jurisdiction` | Locality name and state code (for example Seattle, WA). | string | 54 of 54 filled | | `state_code` | Two-letter postal code of the state. | string | 54 of 54 filled | | `state` | State name. | string | 54 of 54 filled | | `name` | City, county or region name. | string | 54 of 54 filled | | `kind` | city, county, unincorporated county (areas outside the county's cities), city and county, or state-set region. | string (code) | 54 of 54 filled: city (43), unincorporated county (5), county (3), state-set region (2), city and county (1) | | `rate_2026` | General hourly minimum wage in 2026 (the rate in effect at the end of 2026; for tiered places, the largest employers' rate). | number (US dollars) | 53 of 54 filled; $13.01 to $21.78 | | `rate_2026_from` | Date the 2026 rate took effect, when the official page states it. | date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 38 of 54 filled | | `rate_2027` | 2027 hourly minimum wage, only when an official page announced it; null means not yet announced. | number (US dollars) | 23 of 54 filled; $13.47 to $22.49 | | `effective_2027` | Date the 2027 rate takes effect. | date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 22 of 54 filled | | `rate_2027_note` | What the official page says about the 2027 rate. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 21 of 54 filled | | `covers` | Who the rate covers, as the official page describes it. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 13 of 54 filled | | `variants` | Other rates by employer size: label, rate_2026, rate_2027, note. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | array of objects | 3 of 54 filled | | `tipped.cash_2026` | Lowest cash wage for tipped employees in 2026, where the official page states one. | number (US dollars) | 8 of 54 filled; $4 to $16.27 | | `tipped.cash_2027` | Lowest cash wage for tipped employees in 2027, where the official page states one. | number (US dollars) | 5 of 54 filled; $5.39 to $18.95 | | `unconfirmed` | Fields the official sources read did not confirm for this row. Those values are null. | array of strings | 32 of 54 rows list at least one | | `source_urls` | Links to the sources (all of them for jurisdictions with their own page; the main linked source for the others). | array of strings | 54 of 54 filled | | `source_kinds` | What each link in source_urls is, in the same order: "official" (a government page: state agency, legislature, court, county or city) or "secondary" (a vetted secondary source, used only where no official page could be read: Cornell LII, Justia (statute text only), FindLaw Codes, Casetext, NCSL, the Uniform Law Commission, the American Bar Association and state bar associations, legal aid networks (LawHelp.org and the state legal help sites), Nolo, the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the National Center for State Courts, the Eviction Lab, the Tax Foundation, the Sales Tax Institute, the American Payroll Association, SHRM, ADP, Paychex, Bloomberg Tax, Thomson Reuters, Avalara and Sovos). A fact backed only by a secondary source is shown on the site as " (secondary source)". | array of strings | 54 of 54 filled | | `checked` | When the row's sources were opened (YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD). A row with no official source carries the date of the check that found none. | date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 54 of 54 filled | | `page_url` | The page on mcc-solutionsnj.com that explains this row. | string (URL) | 54 of 54 filled | ## Preview: the first 10 rows | `jurisdiction` | `state_code` | `name` | `rate_2026` | `rate_2027` | `effective_2027` | `checked` | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Bellingham, WA | WA | Bellingham | 19.13 | null | null | 2026-11 | | Belmont, CA | CA | Belmont | 18.95 | null | null | 2026-11 | | Berkeley, CA | CA | Berkeley | 19.61 | null | null | 2026-11 | | Boulder County, CO | CO | Boulder County | 16.82 | 17.43 | 2027-01-01 | 2026-11 | | Boulder, CO | CO | Boulder | 16.82 | 18.17 | 2027-01-01 | 2026-11 | | Burien, WA | WA | Burien | 21.78 | 22.49 | 2027-01-01 | 2026-11 | | Burlingame, CA | CA | Burlingame | 17.86 | null | null | 2026-11 | | Cook County, IL | IL | Cook County | 15.4 | null | null | 2026-11 | | Cupertino, CA | CA | Cupertino | 18.7 | 19.25 | 2027-01-01 | 2026-11 | | Daly City, CA | CA | Daly City | 17.5 | 18.1 | 2027-01-01 | 2026-11 | 7 of 20 columns shown; the downloads have every column in full. ## Download formats The CSV has one row per jurisdiction and one column per field above, UTF-8, comma-separated. Nested fields use dotted names (`tipped.cash_2026`); lists are joined with ` | `, and lists of objects become `key: value; key: value` items. The JSON keeps types (numbers, true/false, null, arrays) and includes this dictionary, the license and the checked date. ## License **License:** free to copy, share and adapt, including commercially, under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. Attribution required: credit "MCC Solutions" and link to this dataset page (https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/local-min-wage). The cite box below has text ready to paste. Need bulk access with update notices? See the [business data license](/data/business-license). ## Accuracy **Accuracy:** every fact comes from an official government page as it read when checked (November 2026 for this release). Anything those pages did not confirm is null and named in the row's `unconfirmed` list; a null that is not on the list means the point does not apply or the source states none. This is general information, not legal or tax advice. We are not lawyers, and MCC Solutions is not a law firm. ## Cite this data APA style HTML link Free to reuse under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): credit MCC Solutions and link to [https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/local-min-wage](/data/local-min-wage). ## Changelog - **November 2026**: sources checked for all 54 jurisdictions; this release has 20 fields, 402 confirmed values and 32 unconfirmed items. - Downloads are generated from the data files on each request, so a corrected file shows up in the CSV and JSON straight away; a new entry is added here when the sources are checked again. ## Need a notary? Send it to the desk. [Book Now](/notary/#order)[Call (908) 444-6373](tel:+19084446373)