Economic Snapshot
How many salaried workers in your state will gain overtime protections under the new overtime law?: Share of salaried workers covered under current and proposed threshold*, 2015
| State | Old threshold | New threshold |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 12.7% | 39.1% |
| Alaska | 8.3% | 25.9% |
| Arizona | 10.1% | 36.0% |
| Arkansas | 13.4% | 44.0% |
| California | 9.5% | 27.4% |
| Colorado | 7.7% | 31.7% |
| Connecticut | 7.5% | 23.7% |
| Delaware | 7.9% | 35.6% |
| District of Columbia | 6.7% | 23.6% |
| Florida | 12.6% | 41.9% |
| Georgia | 11.1% | 39.3% |
| Hawaii | 10.5% | 36.9% |
| Idaho | 6.5% | 35.6% |
| Illinois | 8.3% | 31.2% |
| Indiana | 10.0% | 34.8% |
| Iowa | 8.0% | 33.3% |
| Kansas | 7.6% | 29.3% |
| Kentucky | 9.0% | 34.1% |
| Louisiana | 16.3% | 40.8% |
| Maine | 8.4% | 32.6% |
| Maryland | 8.2% | 28.4% |
| Massachusetts | 7.0% | 25.0% |
| Michigan | 7.9% | 28.0% |
| Minnesota | 5.1% | 21.5% |
| Mississippi | 12.5% | 37.8% |
| Missouri | 8.7% | 35.0% |
| Montana | 11.3% | 37.8% |
| Nebraska | 8.9% | 34.7% |
| Nevada | 8.9% | 35.9% |
| New Hampshire | 7.1% | 28.6% |
| New Jersey | 8.3% | 28.3% |
| New Mexico | 11.8% | 37.0% |
| New York | 9.6% | 33.2% |
| North Carolina | 10.9% | 36.6% |
| North Dakota | 7.5% | 35.0% |
| Ohio | 7.7% | 28.7% |
| Oklahoma | 11.3% | 37.5% |
| Oregon | 7.2% | 29.1% |
| Pennsylvania | 8.2% | 30.8% |
| Rhode Island | 7.4% | 29.2% |
| South Carolina | 9.6% | 39.9% |
| South Dakota | 7.9% | 36.1% |
| Tennessee | 11.0% | 40.2% |
| Texas | 11.3% | 36.6% |
| Utah | 12.1% | 36.2% |
| Vermont | 8.5% | 31.5% |
| Virginia | 7.8% | 28.9% |
| Washington | 6.4% | 26.6% |
| West Virginia | 10.0% | 40.7% |
| Wisconsin | 5.5% | 27.1% |
| Wyoming | 7.8% | 32.4% |
* The currently overtime salary threshold is $455 per week (or $23,660 per year). The Department of Labor proposed update to the salary threshold would raise the salary to $913 per week.
Source: EPI analysis of the U.S. Department of Labor's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2015) and Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata (CPS ORG, 2015)
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