Topics >
Wage and Hour >
Employee Classification >
Professional Exemption
Updated to reflect an increase in the minimum salary for overtime-exempt executive, administrative and professional employees and the minimum hourly wage for computer professionals, effective January 1, 2026.
Updated to reflect an increase in the minimum salaries for overtime-exempt executive and administrative employees, effective January 1, 2026.
Updated to reflect an increase in the minimum salary for overtime-exempt executive, administrative and professional employees, effective January 1, 2026.
Updated to reflect increases to the minimum salaries for most white-collar employees and to the minimum hourly pay for computer employees, effective January 1, 2026.
Updated to reflect increases to the minimum salaries for executive employees, administrative employees and professional employees, and to the minimum pay for computer professionals and physicians and surgeons paid an hourly rate, effective January 1, 2026.
Updated to reflect minimum salary changes in multiple states, effective January 1, 2026.
Updated to reflect the 2026 annual inflation adjustment to the minimum pay rates.
Updated to reflect the 2026 annual inflation adjustment to the minimum salary.
HR guidance on complying with the federal and state requirements for the professional exemption.