Living Wage Rates- updated 7/04

Listed below, from most recent to earliest passed, are places which have enacted local living wage laws.

Current Total = 123

City and County Campaigns
2004

Click for Ordinance Summary	Month	Living Wage	w/o Health Benefits	Updated
Sonoma CA	July	11.70	13.20	7/04
Durham County NC	June	9.74	9.74	7/04
Lincoln NE	March	8.85	9.73	3/04
Madison WI	March	5.70	5.70	4/04

2003

Click for Ordinance Summary	Month	Living Wage	w/o Health Benefits	Updated
Sacramento CA	December	9.00	10.50	7/04
Sebastopol CA	December	11.70	13.20	12/03
San Francisco	November	8.50	8.50	3/04
Lawrence KS	October	11.29	9.79	7/04
Port Hueneme CA	October	9.00	11.50	7/04
Lansing MI	September	11.78	11.78	7/04
Orlando FL	August	8.50	11.20	7/04
Lakewood OH	July	9.20	10.20	7/04
Dayton OH	July	8.80	10.60	7/03
Arlington VA	June	10.98	10.98	7/04
Ingham County MI	June	9.43	11.79	7/04
Prince George's County MD	June	10.50	10.50	7/04
Palm Beach County FL	February	9.57	9.57	7/04
Santa Fe NM	February	8.50	8.50	8/04

2002

Click for Ordinance Summary	Month	Living Wage	w/o Health Benefits	Updated
New York City NY	November	9.10	10.60	7/04
Cincinnati OH	November	8.70	10.20	12/02
Louisville KY	November	9.50	9.50	7/04
Bellingham WA	November	10.30	11.87	7/04
Westchester County NY	November	10.00	11.50	7/04
Taylor MI	November	9.03	11.33	7/04
Broward County FL	October	9.57	10.82	8/03
Watsonville CA	September	11.65	12.71	7/04
Fairfax CA	August	13.00	14.75	7/04
Southfield MI	July	9.42	11.78	7/04
Oxnard CA	July	10.59	10.59	7/04
Montgomery County MD	June	10.75	10.75	7/04
Port of Oakland CA	March	9.66	11.11	7/04
New Orleans LA	February	6.15	6.15	overturned 9/02
Hazel Park MI	February			Repealed 6/02
Santa Fe NM	February	9.50	9.50	7/04
Marin County CA	January	9.00	10.25	7/04
Pima County AZ	January	8.00	9.00	8/03

2001

Click for Ordinance Summary	Month	Living Wage	w/o Health Benefits	Updated
Bozeman MT	December	8.70	9.73	7/03
Santa Cruz County CA	December	11.77	12.84	7/04
New Britain CT	December	10.69	10.69	7/04
Cumberland County NJ	December	8.50	8.50	7/04
Camden NJ	December	8.00	9.50	7/03
Burlington VT	November	1.92	15.42	7/04
Charlottesville VA	November	9.00	9.00	7/04
Richmond CA	October	12.47	13.44	7/03
Washtenaw County MI	October	9.42	11.06	7/04
Hempstead (Long Island), NY	October	9.00	10.25	Repealed 12/01
Monroe County MI	October	8.70	10.20	Repealed 3/03
Ashland OR	September	11.44	11.44	7/04
Oyster Bay NY	August	9.00	10.25	8/04
Gloucester Country NJ	August	8.50	10.87	7/04
Suffolk County NY	July	9.29	10.58	7/04
Pittsburgh PA	May	9.12	10.62	repealed 3/02
Santa Monica CA	May	10.25	11.25	repealed 11/02
Ventura County CA	May	8.00	10.00	8/03
Miami Beach FL	April	8.56	9.81	7/04
Pittsfield Township MI	April	9.31	10.90	7/04
Eastpointe MI	March	9.43	11.79	7/04
Missoula MT	March	8.88	9.20	7/04
Ann Arbor MI	March	9.44	10.81	7/04
Ferndale MI	February	8.50	9.75	7/04
Rochester NY	January	9.06	10.12	7/04
Salem OR	January	9.50	11.00	7/04

2000

Click for Ordinance Summary	Month	Living Wage	w/o Health Benefits	Updated
Meriden CT	November	9.97	9.97
Santa Cruz CA	October	11.77	12.84	8/04
Eau Claire County WI	September	7.53	8.29	7/04
San Francisco CA	August	10.50	10.50	8/04
St. Louis MO	August	9.79	12.15	7/04
Berkeley CA and Marina	June	10.81	12.61	7/04
Cleveland OH	June	9.34	9.34	7/04
Alexandria VA	June	11.36	11.36	7/04
Toledo OH	June
Omaha NE	April			Repealed 9/01
San Fernando CA	April	7.25	8.50	8/04
Denver CO	February	9.06	9.06	7/04
Warren MI	January	9.42	11.78

1999

Click for Ordinance Summary	Month	Living Wage	w/o Health Benefits	Updated
Corvallis OR	November	9.79	9.79	7/04
Hartford CT	September	9.97	13.95	7/04
Tucson AZ	September	8.77	9.87	7/04
Buffalo NY	August	9.03	10.15	7/04
Los Angeles County CA	June	8.32	9.46	7/04
Ypsilanti MI	June	8.50	10.00	7/04
Ypsilanti Township MI	June	8.50	10.00	8/03
Somerville MA	May	9.91	9.91	7/04
Miami-Dade County FL	May	9.44	10.81	7/04
Cambridge MA	May	11.87	11.87	7/04
Hayward CA	April	9.26	10.71	7/04
Madison WI	March	9.74	9.74	7/04
Dane County WI	March	8.85	8.85	7/04
Hudson County NJ	January	7.73	7.73	8/03

1998

Click for Ordinance Summary	Month	Living Wage	w/o Health Benefits	Updated
San Jose CA	November	10.72	11.97	7/04
Detroit MI	November	9.43	11.78	7/04
Multnomah County OR	October
Pasadena CA	September	8.34	9.77	7/04
Cook County IL	September	7.60	7.60	7/04
Chicago IL	July	9.43	9.43	7/04
San Antonio TX	July	8.85	8.85	7/04
Oakland CA	March	9.66	11.11	7/04
Durham NC	January	9.51	9.51	7/04

1997

Click for Ordinance Summary	Month	Living Wage	w/o Health Benefits	Updated
West Hollywood CA	October	7.25	8.50	7/04
Boston MA	September	11.29	11.29	7/04
Duluth MN	July
Milwaukee County WI	May	7.06	7.06	9/02
New Haven CT	April	11.10	11.10	7/04
Los Angeles CA	March	8.78	10.03	7/04
Minneapolis MN	March	9.06	9.97	7/04
St. Paul MN	January	9.07	9.97	7/04

1996

Click for Ordinance Summary	Month	Living Wage	w/o Health Benefits	Updated
New York City NY	September
Jersey City NJ	June	7.50	7.50	8/03
Portland OR	June	8.54	10.13	7/04

1995

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Milwaukee WI	November	7.53	7.53	7/04
Santa Clara County CA	October

1994

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Baltimore MD	December	8.85	8.85	7/04

1991

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Gary IN	January

1988

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Des Moines IA	January	9.00	9.00	7/04

Colleges and Universities
2002

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Stanford University	January

2001

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Harvard University	January

2000

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Wesleyan University	January	10.20	10.20	old

School Boards
2003

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Arlington County VA	January	11.20	11.20	8/04

2001

Click for Ordinance Summary	Month	Living Wage	w/o Health Benefits	Updated
Richmond, VA School Board	March	8.77	10.13	7/04

1996

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Milwaukee Public Schools	January	7.70	7.70	7/04

Campaigns are currently underway in over 119 additional cities, counties, and universities such as New York City, Little Rock, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Sacramento, Richmond, VA, Manhattan, KS and Knoxville, TN, University of Pittsburgh, Swarthmore College, Valdosta State University.