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Professional Exemption
Updated to reflect the 2025 annual inflation adjustment to the minimum salary.
Updated to reflect a clarification to the overtime exemption, retroactive to September 9, 2020.
Updated to reflect a change in the minimum monthly salary for highly compensated employees, effective June 21, 2024.
Updated to reflect an amendment repealing the minimum wage exemption for domestic servants, effective June 24, 2024.
Updated to reflect an increase in the minimum salary level for executive, administrative and professional employees, effective July 1, 2024.
Updated to reflect amended regulations that harmonize the state executive, administrative, professional, computer and outside sales exemptions with their federal counterparts, effective March 9, 2024.
The US Department of Labor (DOL) estimates that about 4 million workers will be affected by its planned increases to the minimum salary for most overtime-exempt employees.
Updated to reflect an increase in the minimum salaries for overtime-exempt executive and administrative employees, effective January 1, 2024.
HR guidance on complying with the federal and state requirements for the professional exemption.