In many cities, the minimum wage rises from July 1

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Many Americans are expecting a pay raise this holiday weekend. The highest minimum wage will be in San Francisco and Los Angeles - up to $15 - a living wage threshold that activists and human rights defenders have been lobbying for since 2012.

On Saturday, July 1, San Francisco's minimum wage will increase to $ 14 per hour, and next year it will be $ 15. In Los Angeles, the minimum wage will rise from $ 10,5 to $ 12 per hour, depending on the number of employees in the enterprise. Until 2021, the amount will increase to $ 15 per hour for everyone.

“This is a big help,” she said. CNNMoney Agadett Solis, 21 is the hostess of the IHOP hostess in Los Angeles. She joined the fight for $ 15 last year and says that her salary helps support her two siblings, as well as her mother, who is expecting another child.

“Even if it’s $1 or $1,50, it’s more money for me to save or spend on my siblings,” Solis said. Her salary will increase from $10,50 an hour to $12.

Other states have approved more modest salary increases. Maryland, for example, will raise the minimum wage from $ 8,75 to $ 9,25 this weekend, and then to $ 10,10 next year.

The federal minimum wage is $ 7,25 per hour. Congress has not raised it in 10 years.

This is where Americans will experience a salary increase this weekend:

Chicago: $ 11 per hour.

Cook County, Illinois: $ 10 per hour.

Emerville, CA: $ 15,20 per hour for businesses with more than 56 employees, and $ 14 per hour for businesses with 55 or less.

Flagstaff, Arizona: $ 10,50 per hour.

Los Angeles: $ 12 per hour for businesses with more than 26 employees and $ 10,50 per hour for businesses with 25 or less.

Maryland: $ 9,25 per hour.

Milpitas, California: $ 11 per hour.

Montgomery County, Maryland: $ 11,50 per hour.

Oregon: $ 10,25 per hour. (Exception: $ 11,25 per hour in the Portland area and $ 10 per hour in some districts designated as “non-urban”).

Pasadena, California: $ 12 per hour for businesses with 26 or more employees and $ 10,50 per hour or businesses with 25 or less.

San Francisco: $ 14 per hour.

San Jose, Californiai: $ 12 per hour.

San Leandro, California: $ 12 per hour.

Santa Monica, California: $ 12 per hour for businesses with 26 or more employees, and $ 10,50 per hour or businesses with 25 or less employees.

Washington, DC: $ 12,50 per hour.

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