New York Minimum Wage Calculator

💡 New York Wage Law Essentials

• Regional Minimum Wages: Under NY Labor Law § 652, the baseline minimum wage is $17.00/hour in New York City, Long Island (Nassau & Suffolk), and Westchester County; the rate is $16.00/hour across the remainder of the state.
• Tipped Food Service Rates: For food service workers (servers, bussers, bartenders), employers may take a tip credit of $5.65/hr Downstate (direct cash wage: $11.35/hr) and $5.30/hr Upstate (direct cash wage: $10.70/hr).
• Service Employees (Non-Food): For general hospitality service workers, tip credits are capped lower ($2.85/hr Downstate with $14.15/hr cash wage; $2.70/hr Upstate with $13.30/hr cash wage). Non-hospitality industries (e.g., nail salons, car washes) cannot use tip credits.
• Tip Shortfall Make-Up: If direct cash pay plus retained tips average less than the full statutory minimum wage across the workweek, the employer must pay the shortfall in cash.
• Home Care Aide Rates: Home care aides earn higher statutory minimums ($19.60/hr Downstate, $18.60/hr Upstate).
• Overtime Pay: Non-exempt hours exceeding 40 in a workweek must be paid at 1.5× the base minimum wage. For tipped workers, direct cash overtime is $(1.5 \times \text{Base Wage}) - \text{Tip Credit}$ (e.g., Downstate food: $(1.5 \times \$17.00) - \$5.65 = \$25.50 - \$5.65 = \$19.85/\text{hr}$).