New York Minimum Wage Calculator 2026

New York sets its minimum wage by region: $17.00 an hour in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County, and $16.00 an hour in the rest of the state. Both sit far above the federal floor of $7.25, and because workers are entitled to the higher of the state and federal minimums, the regional state rate is what binds nearly every employer here. Neither rate goes up on January 1, 2027: New York State says one of the economic off-ramp conditions in its indexing law was met, so the 2026 figures carry over.

Tipped workers follow a different track, and only hospitality employers may use a tip credit. Tipped food service workers have a cash minimum of $11.35 an hour downstate and $10.70 in the rest of the state, with tips counted toward the full $17.00 or $16.00; other tipped service employees in hospitality have a cash minimum of $14.15 and $13.30. If tips fall short in a given pay period, the employer has to make up the difference so total pay still meets the regular minimum. The pay figures in the table use the $17.00 downstate rate; at the $16.00 rate a 40-hour week comes to $640.00 before tax.