Local minimum wage changes. The City of Flagstaff minimum wage increases to $16.80 per hour ($14.80 per hour for tipped workers). The City of Tucson minimum wage increases to $13.85 per hour ($10.85 per hour for tipped workers). Tucson’s minimum wage was scheduled to increase to $13.50. However, since the state minimum wage is greater than the scheduled increase, the city’s minimum wage has been adjusted to align with the state increase.

Overtime salary thresholds. Computer software employees must be paid at least $112,065.20 annually ($53.80 per hour) to qualify for the overtime exemption. Licensed physicians and surgeons must be paid at least $97.99 hourly to qualify for the overtime exemption.

Local minimum wage changes. Rates will increase in the following localities: Anaheim (for hospitality workers), Belmont, Burlingame, Cupertino, Daly City, East Palo Alto, El Cerrito, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Hayward City, Long Beach, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Novato, Oakland, Palo Alto, Petaluma, Redwood City, Richmond, San Carlos, San Diego, San Jose, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, South San Francisco, Sunnyvale, and West Hollywood. (The Inglewood minimum wage rate for healthcare workers, as approved by voters. won’t take effect until January 1, 2024.)

Overtime salary thresholds. The proposed Pay Calc adjusts the salary thresholds for the overtime exemption for: 1) executive, administrative, or professionals (EAP): $961.54 per week; 2) highly technical computer employees: $31.41 per hour or the EAP salary; 3) highly compensated employees: $112,500 annually and the EAP salary weekly. The Pay Calc hasn’t been finalized yet.

Agricultural workers. Beginning November 1, 2022, agricultural workers must be paid overtime for hours worked in excess of 60 hours per week. (This decreases to 54 hours in 2024.)

Local minimum wage changes. The Denver minimum wage rate increases to $17.29 per hour. The cash minimum wage for tipped workers increases to $14.27 per hour ($3.02 per hour tip credit).

The rate for tipped employees currently is $5.35 per hour but increases to $6 per hour on January 1, 2023, due to the passage of a ballot measure that increases the cash minimum wage for tipped workers until it’s equal to the DC minimum wage by July 1, 2027.

For the first 90 days of employment, minors, newly hired persons 18 years old or older, and students employed by institutions of higher education may be paid the federal minimum wage ($7.25 per hour).

The minimum wage rate for workers at Reagan and Dulles airports (in Virginia) increases to $15 per hour.

Local minimum wage changes.The Chicago minimum wage rate isn’t scheduled to increase until July 1, 2023. The Cook County minimum wage rates are the same as the state minimum wage rates.

Local minimum wage changes. The Portland minimum wage increases to $14 per hour and $7 per hour for tipped workers who earn over $100 per month in tips. The Rockland minimum wage increases from $13 per hour to $14 per hour. The minimum wage for tipped workers who regularly receive more than $175 per month in tips increases to $7 per hour.

Overtime salary thresholds. The minimum wage exemption threshold for executive, administrative and professional employees rises to $796.17 per week (currently $735.58), or $41,401 annually.

Local minimum wage changes. The Montgomery County minimum wage rate increases to $14.50 per hour. The Howard County minimum wage increases to $15 per hour for employers with 15 or more employees and to $13.25 per hour for small employers. The wage for minors under 18 in Howard County is 85% of the county minimum wage. Prince George’s County no longer has county minimum wage rates.

Local minimum wage changes. The minimum wage in St. Paul will be $15.19 per hour for macro businesses (10,000+ employees), beginning January 1, 2023. The following minimum wage rates increase, beginning July 1, 2023: 1) $15 for large businesses (101-10,000 employees); 2) $13 per hour for small business (6-100 employees); 3) $11.50 per hour for micro businesses (5 or fewer employees); and 4) $11.05 per hour for minors under age 18 for the 90 days of employment or a youth under age 20 in a city-approved Youth Training Program. The minimum wage for Minneapolis increases to $15.19 per hour for large businesses (100+ employees) and $14.50 per hour for small businesses.

Local minimum wage changes. The Albuquerque minimum wage increases to $12 per hour and $7.20 for tipped workers. The Las Cruces minimum wage increases to $12 per hour. The tipped worker rate is $4.78 per hour. The Santa Fe minimum wage is currently $12.95 per hour. The next scheduled increase will be effective March 1, 2023. The Bernalillo County minimum wage is superseded by the state minimum wage rate.

Overtime salary thresholds. The minimum wage exemption threshold for executive and administrative employees for 2023 hasn’t yet been announced. Note that there’s no professional exemption from overtime.

Agricultural workers. On September 30, 2022, the state Department of Labor Commissioner issued an order accepting the recommendation of the Farm Laborers Wage Board to lower the current 60-hour threshold. The proposed regulatory text would require agricultural workers to be paid overtime for hours worked in excess of 56 hours per week, beginning in 2024. Public comment on the proposed regulation closed on December 11, 2022.

The minimum wage rate increases from $11 per hour to $12 per hour. The cash minimum wage for tipped workers is $2.13 per hour. Virginia allows employers to take advantage of the federal opportunity wage, which specifies that new hires under 20 years of age may be paid $4.25 per hour for the first 90 calendar days after the date of hire.

Overtime salary thresholds. The salary threshold for the overtime exemption for executive, administrative, and professional workers increases to $1,101.80 per week ($57,293.60 annually) for small employers (up to 50 employees) and to $1,259.20 per week ($65,478.40 a year) for large employers (over 50 employees). The salary threshold for the exemption for computer professionals $55.09 per hour for employers of all sizes.

Agricultural workers. Agricultural workers are required to be paid overtime for hours worked in excess of 48 hours per week (55 hours in 2022). This decreases to 40 hours in 2024.

Local minimum wage changes. The Seattle minimum wage for large employers (501 or more employees) increases $18.69 per hour. For small employers (500 or fewer employees) who do pay at least $2.19 per hour toward the employee’s medical benefits and/or where the employee does earn at least $2.19 per hour tips, the Seattle minimum wage increases to $16.50 per hour, otherwise the minimum wage rate of $18.69 per hour would apply. The SeaTac minimum wage for hospitality and transportation industry employees increases to $19.06 per hour. A minimum wage for Tukwila has been established by a voter-approved ballot measure, beginning July 1, 2023. Tukwila reported that the city is currently still codifying and performing an analysis. The city noted that it will publish the final rate per the legislation by the end of the year.