How Many Salaried Workers in Your State Would Gain Overtime Protections under the New Proposed Threshold?: Share of salaried workers covered under current and proposed threshold*, 2014

State Currently covered Covered by proposed threshold
Alabama 11.6% 41.5%
Alaska 6.9% 26.5%
Arizona 10.0% 33.3%
Arkansas 10.4% 45.9%
California 9.5% 30.1%
Colorado 8.1% 32.1%
Connecticut 7.6% 25.4%
Delaware 7.9% 36.2%
District of Columbia 5.7% 25.6%
Florida 13.3% 44.8%
Georgia 12.7% 40.3%
Hawaii 9.2% 43.0%
Idaho 12.6% 42.1%
Illinois 8.4% 33.8%
Indiana 10.9% 39.4%
Iowa 7.8% 32.4%
Kansas 7.2% 31.0%
Kentucky 9.9% 39.0%
Louisiana 12.0% 43.8%
Maine 7.1% 31.8%
Maryland 9.9% 31.8%
Massachusetts 7.7% 26.5%
Michigan 8.3% 33.3%
Minnesota 6.8% 29.5%
Mississippi 12.5% 39.8%
Missouri 9.2% 36.8%
Montana 9.1% 34.3%
Nebraska 10.3% 37.6%
Nevada 10.6% 41.6%
New Hampshire 5.2% 27.4%
New Jersey 8.9% 31.7%
New Mexico 16.5% 41.0%
New York 9.8% 35.6%
North Carolina 12.1% 44.3%
North Dakota 8.8% 37.6%
Ohio 9.4% 35.1%
Oklahoma 12.8% 44.7%
Oregon 6.6% 30.1%
Pennsylvania 8.8% 33.4%
Rhode Island 8.6% 29.1%
South Carolina 11.5% 40.2%
South Dakota 8.4% 35.8%
Tennessee 12.1% 42.3%
Texas 11.7% 40.1%
Utah 13.4% 39.4%
Vermont 8.0% 32.1%
Virginia 8.1% 31.1%
Washington 6.3% 26.0%
West Virginia 11.9% 41.6%
Wisconsin 7.2% 30.5%
Wyoming 8.3% 32.7%

* 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 index the salary to the 40th percentile weekly wage of full-time salaried workers. For 2014, this number would be $933 per week.

Source: EPI analysis of Department of Labor (2015) and Current Population Survey Merged Outgoing Rotation Group microdata (CPS MORG)

View the underlying data on epi.org.