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Minimum Salary for Most Overtime-Exempt Employees Increases to $844 per Week

Updated to reflect the vacatur of the overtime rule updating and revising the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime exemption requirements, effective November 15, 2024.

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Alaska Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Is Adjusted for Inflation

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Alaska Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Increases to $1,200.00 per Week

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Alaska Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Increases to $1,120.00 per Week

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Alaska Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Increases to $1,040.00 per Week

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California Minimum Pay for Overtime-Exempt Computer Professionals and Physicians and Surgeons Paid an Hourly Rate Is Adjusted for Inflation

Updated to reflect the 2025 annual inflation adjustment to the minimum pay rates.

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Washington Minimum Salary for Overtime-Exempt Employees Increases to $1,499.40 per Week ($1,332.80 per Week for Small Employers)

Updated to reflect the 2025 annual inflation adjustment to the minimum salary.

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Colorado Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Increases to $1,086.25 per Week

Updated to reflect the 2025 annual inflation adjustment to the minimum salary.

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California Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Increases to $1,320 per Week

Updated to reflect the 2026 annual inflation adjustment to the minimum salary.

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California Exempts Adjunct Faculty at Private, Nonprofit Universities and Colleges From Overtime Requirements

Updated to reflect a clarification to the overtime exemption, retroactive to September 9, 2020.

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Professional Exemption

New and Updated

Minimum Salary for Most Overtime-Exempt Employees Increases to $844 per Week

Alaska Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Is Adjusted for Inflation

Alaska Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Increases to $1,200.00 per Week

Alaska Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Increases to $1,120.00 per Week

Alaska Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Increases to $1,040.00 per Week

California Minimum Pay for Overtime-Exempt Computer Professionals and Physicians and Surgeons Paid an Hourly Rate Is Adjusted for Inflation

Washington Minimum Salary for Overtime-Exempt Employees Increases to $1,499.40 per Week ($1,332.80 per Week for Small Employers)

Colorado Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Increases to $1,086.25 per Week

California Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Increases to $1,320 per Week

California Exempts Adjunct Faculty at Private, Nonprofit Universities and Colleges From Overtime Requirements

About This Topic

Professional Exemption: Key Items

How to Determine If an Employee Qualifies for the Learned Professional Exemption

How to Determine If an Employee Qualifies for the Creative Professional Exemption

Employee Classification > Professional Employees

Minimum Salary Levels for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees by State

Classify an Employee Under the FLSA

Reclassify an Employee With Evolving Job Duties

Classify a Position as Exempt or Nonexempt