What changes for employers on January 1, 2027
Minimum wages, salary thresholds and other employer rules with a 2027 effective date, each with its official source and the exact text.
The short answer
We found 39 employer rule changes for 2027 with an official source: 13 confirmed by the agency, 14 scheduled by statute and 12 where the number is not announced yet. They are in 21 states, counting city and county changes: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Dakota, Virginia, Vermont and Washington.
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States not in this list: no verified 2027 change found yet.
| State | Changes and status |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 1 change: 1 scheduled by statute |
| Arizona | 1 change: 1 not announced yet |
| California | 5 changes: 2 confirmed, 3 scheduled by statute |
| Colorado | 4 changes: 2 confirmed, 1 scheduled by statute, 1 not announced yet |
| Connecticut | 1 change: 1 confirmed |
| Delaware | 1 change: 1 scheduled by statute |
| Illinois | 1 change: 1 not announced yet |
| Maryland | 2 changes: 1 confirmed, 1 not announced yet |
| Maine | 3 changes: 3 confirmed |
| Michigan | 1 change: 1 scheduled by statute |
| Minnesota | 5 changes: 3 confirmed, 1 scheduled by statute, 1 not announced yet |
| Montana | 1 change: 1 not announced yet |
| Nebraska | 1 change: 1 scheduled by statute |
| New Jersey | 1 change: 1 confirmed |
| New Mexico | 1 change: 1 scheduled by statute |
| New York | 1 change: 1 not announced yet |
| Oregon | 1 change: 1 not announced yet |
| South Dakota | 1 change: 1 not announced yet |
| Virginia | 1 change: 1 scheduled by statute |
| Vermont | 1 change: 1 not announced yet |
| Washington | 5 changes: 3 scheduled by statute, 2 not announced yet |
What the labels mean
- Confirmed: the agency has announced the number.
- Scheduled by statute: the number or date is written in a statute, ordinance or regulation.
- Not announced yet: the change follows an indexing formula and the number is not published yet.
January 1, 2027
Arizona
Arizona: Minimum wage
Not announced yet (set by a formula; the official text is below)
Not announced yet · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $15.15/hour
Official source: azleg.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“The minimum wage shall be increased on January 1, 2021 and on January 1 of successive years, by the increase in the cost of living.”
California
California: Salary threshold for overtime exemption
$72,384/year
Confirmed · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $70,304/year
Official source: dir.ca.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“Beginning January 1, 2027, an employee must earn an annual salary of at least $72,384 to meet the salary threshold for exemption.”
California: Minimum wage
$17.40/hour
Applies to: Statewide, all employers
Confirmed · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $16.90/hour
Official source: dir.ca.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“Beginning January 1, 2027, California’s statewide minimum wage will increase to $17.40 per hour”
Colorado
Colorado: Minimum wage
$15.71/hour
Confirmed · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $15.16/hour
Official source: cdle.colorado.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“Colorado’s minimum wage will increase to $15.71 per hour in 2027, and $12.69 for tipped workers”
Colorado: Tipped minimum wage
$12.69/hour
Confirmed · Effective January 1, 2027
Official source: cdle.colorado.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“Colorado’s minimum wage will increase to $15.71 per hour in 2027, and $12.69 for tipped workers”
Boulder (city), CO: Minimum wage
$18.17/hour
Scheduled by statute · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $16.82/hour
Official source: bouldercolorado.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“Beginning January 1, 2027: $18.17 per hour;”
Boulder County (unincorporated), CO: Minimum wage
Not announced yet (set by a formula; the official text is below)
Not announced yet · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $16.82/hour
Official source: bouldercounty.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“Beginning Jan. 1, 2027 and on Jan. 1 of each subsequent calendar year, such amended wage rate necessary to keep pace with the year-over year increase in the Consumer Price Index”
Connecticut
Connecticut: Minimum wage
$17.48/hour
Confirmed · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $16.94/hour
Official source: portal.ct.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“Connecticut’s minimum wage will adjust to $17.48 per hour beginning January 1, 2027—an increase from the 2026 rate of $16.94 per hour.”
Maine
Maine: Salary threshold for overtime exemption
$905.79/week ($47,101.08/year)
Confirmed · Effective January 1, 2027
Official source: maine.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“Starting January 1, 2027, the new minimum salary threshold for salaried workers exempt from overtime will be $905.79 per week , or $47,101.08 per year”
Maine: Minimum wage
$15.70/hour
Confirmed · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $15.10/hour
Official source: maine.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“effective January 1, 2027 , the state minimum wage will increase from $15.10 to $15.70 per hour”
Maine: Tipped minimum wage
$7.85/hour
Confirmed · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $7.55/hour
Official source: maine.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“The "tip wage," or service employee minimum wage, will increase from $7.55 to $7.85 per hour”
Maryland
Maryland: Paid family and medical leave contributions
0.9% of wages up to SS wage base (0.45% employer / 0.45% employee)
Confirmed · Effective January 1, 2027
Official source: paidleave.maryland.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“MD Labor set the initial contribution rate at 0.9% of wages up to the Social Security wage cap. The contribution amount is split equally between employers and employees (0.45% each). This rate will apply to wages paid from January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027.”
Michigan
Michigan: Minimum wage
$15.00/hour
Scheduled by statute · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $13.73/hour
Official source: michigan.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“Effective January 1, 2027, the minimum wage rate is $15.00 per hour.”
Minnesota
Minnesota: Minimum wage
$11.87/hour
Confirmed · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $11.41/hour
Official source: dli.mn.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“will be adjusted for inflation on Jan. 1, 2027, to $11.87 an hour for all employers in the state.”
Minnesota: Training wage
$9.68/hour
Applies to: First 90 days of employment, workers under 20
Confirmed · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $9.31/hour
Official source: dli.mn.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“The 90-day training wage for workers under age 20 will increase to $9.68.”
Minneapolis, MN: Minimum wage
$17.02/hour
Confirmed · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $16.37/hour
Official source: minimumwage.minneapolismn.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“In 2027, the Minneapolis minimum wage is $17.02.”
Saint Paul, MN: Minimum wage
Not announced yet (set by a formula; the official text is below)
Applies to: Macro (more than 10,000 employees) and large (101 to 10,000) employers
Not announced yet · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $16.37/hour
Official source: stpaul.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“*The rate is based on a percentage increase calculated by the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry”
Montana
Montana: Minimum wage
Not announced yet (set by a formula; the official text is below)
Not announced yet · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $10.85/hour
Official source: archive.legmt.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“No later than September 30 of each year, an adjustment of the wage amount specified in subsection (1) must be made based upon the increase, if any, from August of the preceding year to August of the year in which the calculation is made in the consumer price index”
Nebraska
Nebraska: Minimum wage
Not announced yet
Scheduled by statute · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $15.00/hour
Official source: update.legislature.ne.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“LB258 , sponsored by Lincoln Sen. Jane Raybould, instead increases the state minimum wage by 1.75% annually.”
New Jersey
New Jersey: Minimum wage
$16.48/hour
Confirmed · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $15.92/hour
Official source: nj.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“Effective January 1, 2027, New Jersey's minimum wage is $16.48/hour for most workers.”
New Mexico
Santa Fe (city), NM: Minimum wage
$17.50/hour
Scheduled by statute · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $15.40/hour
Official source: santafenm.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“One-time increase to $17.50/hour effective January 1, 2027”
New York
New York: Minimum wage
Not announced yet (set by a formula; the official text is below)
Not announced yet · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $17.00 (NYC/LI/Westchester); $16.00 (rest of state)
Official source: dol.ny.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“Starting in 2027, the minimum wage will be tied to inflation, and increase based on a three-year average of the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast.”
South Dakota
South Dakota: Minimum wage
Not announced yet (set by a formula; the official text is below)
Not announced yet · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $11.85/hour
Official source: dlr.sd.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“The new adjusted rate for the following year will be announced on our Minimum Wage webpage no later than Oct. 15 of each year.”
Vermont
Vermont: Minimum wage
Not announced yet (set by a formula; the official text is below)
Not announced yet · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $14.42/hour
Official source: legislature.vermont.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“on each subsequent January 1, the minimum wage rate shall be increased by five percent or the percentage increase of the Consumer Price Index”
Virginia
Virginia: Minimum wage
$13.75/hour
Scheduled by statute · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $12.77/hour
Official source: governor.virginia.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“The legislation will then increase the minimum wage to $13.75 per hour on January 1, 2027, and subsequently increase the minimum wage to $15.00 per hour on January 1, 2028.”
Washington
Washington: Salary threshold for overtime exemption
2.5 x state minimum wage x 40 hrs/week (employers with >50 employees)
Scheduled by statute · Effective January 1, 2027
Official source: app.leg.wa.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“(b) When the employee works for an employer with more than fifty employees, an amount not less than 2.5 times the minimum wage prescribed in RCW”
Washington: Salary threshold for overtime exemption
2.25 x state minimum wage x 40 hrs/week (employers with 50 or fewer employees)
Scheduled by statute · Effective January 1, 2027
Official source: app.leg.wa.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“(8) Beginning January 1, 2027, and through December 31, 2027: (a) When the employee works for an employer with fifty or fewer employees, an amount not less than 2.25 times the minimum wage prescribed in RCW”
Washington: Minimum wage
Not announced yet (set by a formula; the official text is below)
Not announced yet · Effective January 1, 2027 · Before: $17.13/hour
Official source: lni.wa.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“The new minimum wage will be announced on Sept. 30, and take effect Jan. 1.”
Seattle, WA: Minimum wage
Not announced yet (set by a formula; the official text is below)
Not announced yet · Effective January 1, 2027
Official source: seattle.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“The minimum wage increases every year on January 1.”
June 30, 2027
Washington
Washington: Non-compete agreements
All noncompetition covenants void and unenforceable (RCW 49.62.020 as amended by 2026 c 149)
Scheduled by statute · Effective June 30, 2027 · Before: Non-competes allowed only above earnings threshold ($126,858.83 in 2026 for employees)
Official source: app.leg.wa.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“Beginning on June 30, 2027, all noncompetition covenants are void and unenforceable regardless of when the parties entered into the noncompetition covenant.”
July 1, 2027
Alaska
Alaska: Minimum wage
$15.00/hour
Scheduled by statute · Effective July 1, 2027 · Before: $14.00/hour
Official source: akleg.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“(3) effective July 1, 2027, the minimum wage shall be $15.00 per hour”
California
California: Minimum wage
$19.95/hour
Applies to: Health care workers at safety-net hospitals (high governmental payor or rural independent hospitals)
Scheduled by statute · Effective July 1, 2027 · Before: $19.28/hour
Official source: dir.ca.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“7/1/27 to 6/30/28: $19.95”
California: Minimum wage
$25.00/hour
Applies to: Health care workers at intermittent clinics, community clinics, rural health clinics and the urgent care clinics associated with them
Scheduled by statute · Effective July 1, 2027 · Before: $22.00/hour
Official source: dir.ca.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“7/1/26 to 6/30/27: $22 7/1/27 to 12/31/28: $25”
Los Angeles, CA: Minimum wage
$25.50/hour + $6.00/hour health benefit
Applies to: Hotel workers: hotels with 60 or more rooms (50 or more in the Airport Hospitality Enhancement Zone)
Scheduled by statute · Effective July 1, 2027 · Before: $25.00/hour + $4.25/hour health benefit
Official source: wagesla.lacity.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“July 1, 2027 – June 30, 2028 $25.50 per hour $6.00 per hour”
Illinois
Chicago, IL: Minimum wage
Not announced yet (set by a formula; the official text is below)
Not announced yet · Effective July 1, 2027 · Before: $17.05/hour (4+ employees)
Official source: chicago.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“The minimum wage increases annually according to the Consumer Price Index or 2.5%, whichever is lower.”
Maryland
Montgomery County, MD: Minimum wage
Not announced yet (set by a formula; the official text is below)
Not announced yet · Effective July 1, 2027 · Before: $18.00 large / $16.50 mid-size / $15.95 small
Official source: montgomerycountymd.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“July 1, 2027 and subsequent years Increase annually by CPI-W.”
Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN: Minimum wage
$15.00/hour
Applies to: Micro businesses (5 or fewer employees)
Scheduled by statute · Effective July 1, 2027 · Before: $14.25/hour
Official source: stpaul.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“July 1, 2026 $14.25 July 1, 2027 $15.00 July 1, 2028 City Rate*”
Oregon
Oregon: Minimum wage
Not announced yet (set by a formula; the official text is below)
Not announced yet · Effective July 1, 2027 · Before: $15.55 standard (July 1, 2026)
Official source: oregon.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“*By April 30th of each year, the Bureau will calculate an adjustment of the standard minimum wage rate.”
September 26, 2027
Delaware
Delaware: Pay ranges in job postings
Pay range + benefits description required in internal/external job postings (employers with 26+ employees)
Scheduled by statute · Effective September 26, 2027
Official source: legis.delaware.gov · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
Official text
“Section 2. This Act takes effect 2 years after its enactment into law.”
No verified 2027 change found yet
We have not found a 2027 change with an official source for these states yet. That does not mean nothing changes: cities, counties and agencies announce many 2027 figures in the fall. Check your state labor office (list of state labor offices, dol.gov).
- Alabama: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Arkansas: No verified 2027 change found yet
- District of Columbia: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Florida: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Georgia: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Hawaii: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Idaho: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Indiana: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Iowa: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Kansas: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Kentucky: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Louisiana: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Massachusetts: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Mississippi: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Missouri: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Nevada: No verified 2027 change found yet
- New Hampshire: No verified 2027 change found yet
- North Carolina: No verified 2027 change found yet
- North Dakota: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Ohio: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Oklahoma: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Pennsylvania: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Rhode Island: No verified 2027 change found yet
- South Carolina: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Tennessee: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Texas: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Utah: No verified 2027 change found yet
- West Virginia: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Wisconsin: No verified 2027 change found yet
- Wyoming: No verified 2027 change found yet
How this list was made
- Copied only items whose source_url is an official government or legislature page and whose source_quote was found again, today, in the page text saved at retrieval time (raw_file), after whitespace, curly-quote and HTML-tag normalization.
- Status labels: confirmed = the agency has announced the number; scheduled_by_statute = the number or date is written in a statute, ordinance or regulation; pending_announcement = the change is set by an indexing formula and the number is not announced yet (new_value is null and the page must show "not announced yet" plus the indexing method, never a guessed number).
- Grouped by the 50 states plus DC; local jurisdictions are listed under their parent state.
- Items not verified (no official quote) are NOT included; see not_verified in the source file.
Sources: official state, local and federal government pages as linked on each item, compiled by InterObservers Employer Desk.
How the Desk checks sources: methodology.
General information, not legal advice. Download the list as JSON: changes-2027.json.
Sources (32)
- Arizona: Minimum wage
- California: Salary threshold for overtime exemption; California: Minimum wage
- Colorado: Minimum wage; Colorado: Tipped minimum wage
- Boulder (city), CO: Minimum wage
- Boulder County (unincorporated), CO: Minimum wage
- Connecticut: Minimum wage
- Maine: Salary threshold for overtime exemption; Maine: Minimum wage; Maine: Tipped minimum wage
- Maryland: Paid family and medical leave contributions
- Michigan: Minimum wage
- Minnesota: Minimum wage
- Minnesota: Training wage
- Minneapolis, MN: Minimum wage
- Saint Paul, MN: Minimum wage
- Montana: Minimum wage
- Nebraska: Minimum wage
- New Jersey: Minimum wage
- Santa Fe (city), NM: Minimum wage
- New York: Minimum wage
- South Dakota: Minimum wage
- Vermont: Minimum wage
- Virginia: Minimum wage
- Washington: Salary threshold for overtime exemption
- Washington: Minimum wage
- Seattle, WA: Minimum wage
- Washington: Non-compete agreements
- Alaska: Minimum wage
- California: Minimum wage
- Los Angeles, CA: Minimum wage
- Chicago, IL: Minimum wage
- Montgomery County, MD: Minimum wage
- Oregon: Minimum wage
- Delaware: Pay ranges in job postings
Checked Sep 24, 2026 · How we verify every rule · Report an error