Chart 5

Preliminary, not final.The Fed OT salary threshold relative to minimum wage, 1949–2016

Date Federal threshold/ WA minimum wage line WA minimum wage WA minimum wage * 40 Federal OT threshold
1948 3
1949 100
1950 100
1951 100
1952 100
1953 100
1954 100
1955 100
1956 100
1957 100
1958 125
1959 125
1960 125
1961 2.717391 1.15 46 125
1962 2.5 1.25 50 125
1963 3 1.25 50 150
1964 3 1.25 50 150
1965 3 1.25 50 150
1966 3 1.25 50 150
1967 3 1.25 50 150
1968 2.34375 1.6 64 150
1969 2.34375 1.6 64 150
1970 3.125 1.6 64 200
1971 3.125 1.6 64 200
1972 3.125 1.6 64 200
1973 3.125 1.6 64 200
1974 2.777778 1.8 72 200
1975 3.125 2 80 250
1976 2.717391 2.3 92 250
1977 2.717391 2.3 92 250
1978 2.717391 2.3 92 250
1979 2.717391 2.3 92 250
1980 2.717391 2.3 92 250
1981 2.717391 2.3 92 250
1982 2.717391 2.3 92 250
1983 2.717391 2.3 92 250
1984 2.717391 2.3 92 250
1985 2.717391 2.3 92 250
1986 2.717391 2.3 92 250
1987 2.717391 2.3 92 250
1988 2.717391 2.3 92 250
1989 1.623377 3.85 154 250
1990 1.470588 4.25 170 250
1991 1.470588 4.25 170 250
1992 1.470588 4.25 170 250
1993 1.470588 4.25 170 250
1994 1.27551 4.9 196 250
1995 1.27551 4.9 196 250
1996 1.27551 4.9 196 250
1997 1.213592 5.15 206 250
1998 1.213592 5.15 206 250
1999 1.096491 5.7 228 250
2000 0.961538 6.5 260 250
2001 0.93006 6.72 268.8 250
2002 0.905797 6.9 276 250
2003 0.891583 7.01 280.4 250
2004 1.588687 7.16 286.4 455
2005 1.547619 7.35 294 455
2006 1.490826 7.63 305.2 455
2007 1.434426 7.93 317.2 455
2008 1.409542 8.07 322.8 455
2009 1.330409 8.55 342 455
2010 1.330409 8.55 342 455
2011 1.311995 8.67 346.8 455
2012 1.258296 9.04 361.6 455
2013 1.237758 9.19 367.6 455
2014 1.220494 9.32 372.8 455
2015 1.201162 9.47 378.8 455
2016 2.410243 3 9.47 378.8 913
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Notes:

Years provided are years in which the federal OT salary threshold was updated.

For years 1949, 1958, 1963 & 1970, data is unavailable for WA minimum wage

 

Source: EPI analysis of Social Security Administration National Wage Index data; Office of Financial Management data; Table 1 in Social Security Bulletin, November 1949; Fair Labor Standards Act and Amendments;Wage and Hour Division,81 Fed. Reg. 32449-32450 (May 23, 2018);Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; US department of Commerce and US Department of Labor

 

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