New York minimum wage 2026
The New York minimum wage is $17.00 per hour, effective 2026-01-01. The tipped cash wage is $11.35 with a tip credit of $5.65. [NY labor dept.][DOL WHD]
Tip-credit split
Take-home at the New York minimum
Statute and indexing
DOL: $17.00 in New York City and Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties; $16.00 in the remainder of the state DOL tipped table: DOL prints 'varies' for the tip credit and cash wage because the figure differs by region and by occupation New York: New York does permit a tip credit; DOL prints "varies" because the figure differs by region and occupation. The headline pair here is the food-service-worker rate for New York City, Long Island and Westchester as at 1 January 2026: $11.35 cash plus a $5.65 credit. In the remainder of the state it is $10.70 cash plus a $5.30 credit. From 2027 the rate is tied to a three-year average of the CPI for the Northeast, subject to statutory economic and budget off-ramps. No 2027 figure is published. From 2027 the rate follows a three-year average of the CPI for the Northeast, subject to statutory off-ramps.