New York overtime
1.5x the regular rate after 40 hours in a workweek
New York's Minimum Wage Orders require most employees to be paid overtime at 1.5 times their regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a workweek, on top of the federal FLSA rules. Residential (live-in) employees are due overtime after 44 hours in a week.
- Effective
- Jan 1, 2000
Local notes & what to do
Several New York wage rules split by region: from January 1, 2026 the exempt salary threshold is $1,275.00 per week in New York City and Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties, versus $1,199.10 per week in the rest of the state, and tipped cash wages are also higher downstate. Paid family leave pays 67% of average weekly wages for up to 12 weeks, capped at $1,228.53 per week in 2026. New York also gives most workers 20 hours of paid prenatal leave on top of sick leave, a rule in place since January 1, 2025.