New York Minimum Wage 2026
New York's minimum wage is $17.00 an hour in New York City, Long Island and Westchester and $16.00 in the rest of the state from January 1, 2026, 50 cents more than in 2025.
A full-time job at $17.00, 40 hours a week, pays $680 a week and $35,360 a year. After taxes, a New York City resident takes home $539.54 a week, worked out with our NYC paycheck calculator.
Minimum wage by region, 2026
| Region | From January 1, 2026 | 2025 | Increase |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York City | $17.00 | $16.50 | $0.50 |
| Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk) | $17.00 | $16.50 | $0.50 |
| Westchester | $17.00 | $16.50 | $0.50 |
| Rest of New York State | $16.00 | $15.50 | $0.50 |
Tipped minimum wage in New York for 2026
Employers can pay tipped workers a lower cash wage and count tips toward the rest of the minimum wage, up to the tip credit. In New York City, a food service worker's $11.35 cash wage plus the $5.65 tip credit adds up to the full $17.00.
| Rate | New York City, Long Island and Westchester | Rest of the state |
|---|---|---|
| Food service workers: cash wage | $11.35 | $10.70 |
| Food service workers: tip credit | $5.65 | $5.30 |
| Other tipped service workers: cash wage | $14.15 | $13.30 |
| Other tipped service workers: tip credit | $2.85 | $2.70 |
Minimum wage full-time pay and take-home in 2026
| Full time, 40 hours | New York City | Long Island and Westchester | Rest of the state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly rate | $17.00 | $17.00 | $16.00 |
| Weekly pay | $680.00 | $680.00 | $640.00 |
| Monthly pay | $2,946.67 | $2,946.67 | $2,773.33 |
| Yearly pay | $35,360.00 | $35,360.00 | $33,280.00 |
| Take-home a week | $539.54 | $558.87 | $529.07 |
| Take-home a month | $2,338.01 | $2,421.77 | $2,292.64 |
| Take-home a year | $28,056.08 | $29,061.24 | $27,511.64 |
For a single filer working 40 hours a week, paid weekly, after federal, state and city income tax, Social Security, Medicare, SDI and Paid Family Leave. Only New York City residents pay city income tax; in Westchester, residents of Yonkers pay the Yonkers surcharge instead.
Hours over 40 in a week are paid at 1.5 times your rate, $25.50 an hour at the NYC minimum. The hourly paycheck calculator starts at $17.00 and 40 hours, so you can add overtime or change the hours.
New York minimum wage for 2027
The 2027 rates are not published yet. New York's Department of Labor announces them by October 1, 2026, and they take effect on January 1, 2027.
From 2027, each region's rate rises every January 1 by the change in the consumer price index for urban wage earners (CPI-W) in the Northeast, averaged over the three most recent August-to-July years and rounded to the nearest five cents.
There is no increase for a year when that index has fallen, when New York's unemployment rate has risen 0.5 point or more above its low of the previous twelve months, or when the state's payroll jobs in July are below both April and January. The increase can be paused for no more than two years in a row.