{"id":17753,"date":"2025-11-24T11:08:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/?p=17753"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:44:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:44:34","slug":"2026-minimum-wage-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/2026-minimum-wage-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Here is the 2026 Minimum Wage Increase for New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17755\" src=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-karola-g-7680624.jpg\" alt=\"2026 new york minimum wage\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-karola-g-7680624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-karola-g-7680624-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-karola-g-7680624-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p><audio controls><source src=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Here-is-the-2026-Minimum-Wage-Increase-for-New-York.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\">Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><\/p>\n<p>The following changes to the New York minimum wage and salary thresholds apply as of January 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"NewYorkCityandSuffolk,Nassau,andWestchesterCounties0\" class=\"h1\">New York City and Suffolk, Nassau, and Westchester Counties<\/h2>\n<p>The minimum wage will increase to $17.00 per hour.<\/p>\n<p>Industry-specific hourly minimum wages will increase to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tipped hospitality service workers: $14.15<\/li>\n<li>Tipped hospitality food service workers: $11.35<\/li>\n<li>Home care aides: $19.65<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The minimum salary threshold for exempt executive and administrative employees will increase to $1,275 per week ($66,300 annually).<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"TheRestofNewYorkState1\" class=\"h1\">The Rest of New York State<\/h2>\n<p>The minimum wage in the remainder of New York State (all areas outside of New York City, and Suffolk, Nassau, and Westchester counties) will increase to $16.00 per hour.<\/p>\n<p>Industry-specific hourly minimum wages will increase to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tipped hospitality service workers: $13.30<\/li>\n<li>Tipped hospitality food service workers: $10.70<\/li>\n<li>Home care aides: $18.65<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The minimum salary threshold for exempt executive and administrative employees will increase to $1,199.10 per week ($62,353.20 annually).<\/p>\n<h2>Ensure Minimum Wage Compliance with GTM\u2019s Payroll Platform<\/h2>\n<p>Wouldn\u2019t you like a payroll system that ensures your rates comply with state minimum wage laws? That\u2019s what you get with\u00a0isolved<a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/what-we-offer\/human-capital-management\/\">, GTM\u2019s payroll and HR solution<\/a>\u00a0for businesses of all sizes. The system automatically applies updates, ensuring your employees are paid correctly.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/get-a-quote\/\">Request a free quote<\/a>\u00a0to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn what the minimum wage in New York is increasing to in 2026, including tipped worker and home aide wages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[79,21,6,14],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-17753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gtm-biz-blog-isolved","tag-compliance","tag-minimum-wage","tag-new-york-employers","tag-pay-rate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17753"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18346,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17753\/revisions\/18346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17753"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=17753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}