The new overtime rule will benefit working people in every state: Share of salaried workforce in each state directly benefiting from the new overtime rule
| State | Share of salaried workforce directly benefiting | Number of people directly benefiting | Share of total salaried workforce covered under new threshold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 26.4% | 167,000 | 39.1% |
| Alaska | 17.6% | 16,000 | 25.9% |
| Arizona | 25.8% | 258,000 | 36.0% |
| Arkansas | 30.6% | 130,000 | 44.0% |
| California | 17.9% | 1,076,000 | 27.4% |
| Colorado | 24.0% | 248,000 | 31.7% |
| Connecticut | 16.2% | 113,000 | 23.7% |
| Delaware | 27.7% | 49,000 | 35.6% |
| Washington D.C. | 16.8% | 29,000 | 23.6% |
| Florida | 29.3% | 1,068,000 | 41.9% |
| Georgia | 28.2% | 493,000 | 39.3% |
| Hawaii | 26.4% | 57,000 | 36.9% |
| Idaho | 29.1% | 64,000 | 35.6% |
| Illinois | 22.8% | 539,000 | 31.2% |
| Indiana | 24.9% | 248,000 | 34.8% |
| Iowa | 25.2% | 124,000 | 33.3% |
| Kansas | 21.7% | 98,000 | 29.3% |
| Kentucky | 25.1% | 149,000 | 34.1% |
| Louisiana | 24.5% | 174,000 | 40.8% |
| Maine | 24.2% | 46,000 | 32.6% |
| Maryland | 20.2% | 233,000 | 28.4% |
| Massachusetts | 18.0% | 262,000 | 25.0% |
| Michigan | 20.1% | 275,000 | 28.0% |
| Minnesota | 16.4% | 158,000 | 21.5% |
| Mississippi | 25.3% | 88,000 | 37.8% |
| Missouri | 26.3% | 257,000 | 35.0% |
| Montana | 26.4% | 33,000 | 37.8% |
| Nebraska | 25.8% | 81,000 | 34.7% |
| Nevada | 26.9% | 115,000 | 35.9% |
| New Hampshire | 21.5% | 54,000 | 28.6% |
| New Jersey | 20.0% | 410,000 | 28.3% |
| New Mexico | 25.3% | 61,000 | 37.0% |
| New York | 23.6% | 982,000 | 33.2% |
| North Carolina | 25.7% | 425,000 | 36.6% |
| North Dakota | 27.5% | 34,000 | 35.0% |
| Ohio | 20.9% | 351,000 | 28.7% |
| Oklahoma | 26.2% | 154,000 | 37.5% |
| Oregon | 21.9% | 124,000 | 29.1% |
| Pennsylvania | 22.6% | 459,000 | 30.8% |
| Rhode Island | 21.8% | 37,000 | 29.2% |
| South Carolina | 30.3% | 219,000 | 39.9% |
| South Dakota | 28.2% | 32,000 | 36.1% |
| Tennessee | 29.2% | 290,000 | 40.2% |
| Texas | 25.4% | 1,244,000 | 36.6% |
| Utah | 24.1% | 119,000 | 36.2% |
| Vermont | 22.9% | 25,000 | 31.5% |
| Virginia | 21.1% | 333,000 | 28.9% |
| Washington | 20.2% | 232,000 | 26.6% |
| West Virginia | 30.7% | 66,000 | 40.7% |
| Wisconsin | 21.6% | 187,000 | 27.1% |
| Wyoming | 24.6% | 20,000 | 32.4% |
Note: The estimates consider all the workers who directly benefit from the federal salary threshold increase alone, and do not include a subset of salaried California and New York workers already covered by state thresholds higher than the old federal threshold.
Source: EPI analysis of the U.S. Department of Labor's proposed (July 6, 2015) and final (May 18, 2016) rule, "Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees," 29 CFR Part 541; and Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata, 2015