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

Chart 5

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
2017		3

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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