New York Minimum Wage Calculator 2026
New York minimum wage: $17.00/hr in NYC, Long Island & Westchester, $16.00/hr in the rest of the state (tipped cash wage: $11.35/hr / $10.70/hr). Estimate your pay.
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Pre-filled: NYC, Long Island & Westchester rate (NYSDOL); enter $16.00 for the rest of the state
Pre-filled: NYC, Long Island & Westchester food-service cash wage (NYSDOL); enter $10.70 for the rest of the state
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Estimated Monthly Compensation
$2,946.67
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Disclaimer: This calculator provides estimates for informational purposes only. Results should not be considered financial, tax, or legal advice. Consult a qualified professional for your specific situation.
How This Calculator Works
Calculation methodology and assumptions
This straight-time calculator applies the higher of New York's entered minimum wage and the $7.25 federal floor under 29 U.S.C. §§ 206 and 218. For tipped work, the prefilled $11.35/hr is the applicable cash-wage default before tips. If entered cash plus tips falls below the applicable floor, the calculator adds an illustrative employer make-up under 29 U.S.C. § 203(m)(2)(A) and 29 C.F.R. § 531.59. Compliance is tested with tips actually received in each workweek; an average tips/hour input cannot establish wages owed across multiple weeks. This estimate assumes a qualifying tipped occupation receiving more than $30/month in tips, required employer notice, employee retention of tips, and valid tip pooling. It does not model local rates, occupation/employer-size tiers, dual-job hours, service charges, credit-card fees, overtime, or FLSA coverage. Hours are capped at 40 because tipped overtime requires separate regular-rate and tip-credit rules. The prefilled cash wage is New York City/Long Island/Westchester food-service pay; other regions and service occupations use different rates.
Key State Information
New York sets its minimum wage by region (New York State Department of Labor — Minimum Wage, checked 2026-10-20). New York City, Long Island and Westchester County: $17.00/hr general rate, $11.35/hr cash wage for tipped food-service workers and $14.15/hr for other tipped service workers; the rest of New York State: $16.00/hr general rate, $10.70/hr cash wage for tipped food-service workers and $13.30/hr for other tipped service workers. This calculator starts with the NYC, Long Island & Westchester figures; replace them with your region's rates if you work elsewhere. NYSDOL lists the same general rates for January 1, 2027: an inflation off-ramp in state law was triggered, so no indexed increase applies that day. New York allows a tip credit when all federal and state conditions are met; the employer must make up a shortfall in each workweek. Employers, managers, and supervisors may not keep workers' tips.
Example Calculation
Let's calculate minimum wage earnings in New York, region by region.
New York sets its minimum wage by region (NYSDOL, checked 2026-10-20): $17.00/hr in NYC, Long Island & Westchester and $16.00/hr in the rest of the state. A worker at that rate, working 40 hours/week, 52 weeks/year, earns $35,360 (NYC, Long Island & Westchester) or $33,280 (the rest of the state).
Result: Gross annual: $35,360 in NYC, Long Island & Westchester, $20,280 more than the federal minimum; $33,280 in the rest of the state, $18,200 more than the federal minimum ($7.25/hour, $15,080/year). The tipped food-service cash wage before tips is $11.35/hour (NYC, Long Island & Westchester) or $10.70/hour (the rest of the state); if cash plus tips is short of that region's minimum in a workweek, the employer must make up the difference. States with $15+ minimums include Washington, California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey.
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What is the minimum wage in New York in 2026?
New York's 2026 minimum wage is $17.00/hr in NYC, Long Island & Westchester and $16.00/hr in the rest of the state; this page prefills the NYC, Long Island & Westchester rate. The $11.35/hr tipped figure is a cash-wage default before tips, not the worker's total minimum compensation. Outside NYC, Long Island & Westchester the food-service cash wage is $10.70/hr. At 40 straight-time hours/week for 52 weeks, that is about $35,360/year at $17.00/hr (NYC, Long Island & Westchester) or $33,280/year at $16.00/hr (the rest of the state) before taxes.
What if tips do not reach minimum wage in New York?
Using this page's $11.35 cash-wage default and $5.00 in tips per hour, the illustrative employer make-up is $0.65/hr and total hourly compensation is $17.00. Actual compliance is determined separately in every workweek from tips actually received. If cash plus tips falls short, the employer pays the difference; a stronger state or local rule controls. In the rest of the state, the $10.70 food-service cash wage plus the same tips needs a $0.30/hr make-up, for $16.00/hr in total.
Can you live on minimum wage in New York?
New York's cost of living index is 132.6 (100 = national average). Full time, the minimum works out to about $35,360/year at $17.00/hr (NYC, Long Island & Westchester) or $33,280/year at $16.00/hr (the rest of the state) before taxes. With above-average costs, this would be very challenging.
What conditions must an employer meet to use a tip credit?
The employee must work in a qualifying tipped occupation, the employer must provide advance notice of the cash wage and tip credit, the credit cannot exceed tips actually received, and the employee must retain all tips except contributions to a valid tip pool. Employers, managers, and supervisors cannot keep employee tips. Check your state labor department because stronger state and local rules control.
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