State-level changes spelling out salary threshold increases for administrative and executive exemptions from overtime pay have been updated for New York employers.
Although the federal overtime rule remains undecided, the final rule on increases took effect on December 31 and was published just a few days earlier by New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL).
For the most part, increases are different in each geographic location, with changes in New York City based on the size of the employer.
HR experts expect that most companies already had a plan in place to deal with the changes since a proposed federal rule would have raised the exempt salary threshold much higher under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The current statewide exempt salary threshold in New York is approximately $675 per week. The increases by geographic area and employer size are as follows:
| New York City (employers with 11 or more employees) | |
| $825.00 per week ($42,900 annually) | Dec. 31, 2016 |
| $975.00 per week ($50,700 annually) | Dec. 31, 2017 |
| $1,125.00 per week ($58,500 annually) | Dec. 31, 2018 |
| New York City (employers with 10 or fewer employees) | |
| $787.50 per week ($40,950 annually) | Dec. 31, 2016 |
| $900.00 per week ($46,800 annually) | Dec. 31, 2017 |
| $1,012.50 per week ($52,650 annually) | Dec. 31, 2018 |
| $1,125.00 per week ($58,500 annually) | Dec. 31, 2019 |
| Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties | |
| $750.00 per week ($39,000 annually) | Dec. 31, 2016 |
| $825.00 per week ($42,900 annually) | Dec. 31, 2017 |
| $900.00 per week ($46,800 annually) | Dec. 31, 2018 |
| $975.00 per week ($50,700 annually) | Dec. 31, 2019 |
| $1,050.00 per week ($54,600 annually) | Dec. 31, 2020 |
| $1,125.00 per week ($58,500 annually) | Dec. 31, 2021 |
| Outside of New York City, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties | |
| $727.50 per week ($37,830 annually) | Dec. 31, 2016 |
| $780.00 per week ($40,560 annually) | Dec. 31, 2017 |
| $832.00 per week ($43,264 annually) | Dec. 31, 2018 |
| $885.00 per week ($46,020 annually) | Dec. 31, 2019 |
| $937.50 per week ($48,750 annually) | Dec. 31, 2020 |
