--- title: DOL Opens Comment Period for Proposed ‘White Collar’ Threshold Change description: DOL opens comment period until November 7, 2023, on proposed white collar salary threshold increase. image: https://www.payroll.org/images/default-source/default-album/white-collar-exemptions-rule.jpg?sfvrsn=490c0300_0 --- [![soc-fb](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/ct-23-assets/footer-icon_fb.svg "soc-fb")](https://www.facebook.com/American-Payroll-Associations-Chapter-Relations-877434285724525/) [![soc-in](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/ct-23-assets/footer-icon_li.svg "soc-in")](http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=1051077&trk=anet_ug_grppro) [![soc-tw](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/ct-23-assets/footer-icon_tw.svg "soc-tw")](https://twitter.com/APAChapters?lang=en) - [Home](https://blogs.payroll.org/chapter-leaders) - [About](https://blogs.payroll.org/about) - [Connect](https://blogs.payroll.org/connect) - [Resources](https://blogs.payroll.org/resources) ![23-PayNewsNow-Horiz-Logo](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/23-PayNewsNow-Horiz-Logo.png?width=1300&name=23-PayNewsNow-Horiz-Logo.png "23-PayNewsNow-Horiz-Logo") [![26 PayrollOrg®RGB-NoTag long](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/26%20PayrollOrg%C2%AERGB-NoTag%20long.jpg?width=1300&name=26%20PayrollOrg%C2%AERGB-NoTag%20long.jpg "26 PayrollOrg®RGB-NoTag long")](https://payroll.org/) ![](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Jyme.png?width=35&name=Jyme.png) Custom URL No Widget: By [Jyme Mariani, Esq.](https://blogs.payroll.org/pay-news-now/author/jyme-mariani-esq) on Sep 15, 2023 9:19:25 AM # DOL Opens Comment Period for Proposed ‘White Collar’ Threshold Change On September 8, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to increase the minimum salary level for the Fair Labor Standards Act “white collar” exemptions from $684 to $1,059 per week (or from $35,568 per year to $55,068 per year) \[[**88 F.R. 62152**](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-09-08/pdf/2023-19032.pdf), 9-8-23\]. The DOL [**announced**](https://www.payroll.org/news-resources/news/news-detail/2023/08/31/dol-proposes-$1-059-weekly-threshold-for-white-collar-exemption) it would publish the NPRM on August 30. In addition to increasing the minimum salary level to $1,059 a week, the proposed rule would do the following: - Increase the salary requirement for highly compensated employees (HCEs) from $107,432 to $143,988 per year - Return the salary level in the four U.S. territories subject to the federal minimum wage – Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) – to apply the same standard salary level as the rest of the United States - Update the special salary levels for American Samoa to $890 per week - Automatically update the standard salary level and the HCE total annual compensation threshold every three years **Comment Period Open Until November 7** Comments should be submitted in writing on or before November 7, 2023, and should include a reference to RIN 1235-AA39. Comments may be submitted electronically via the Federal [**eRulemaking Portal**](https://www.regulations.gov/) or sent to: Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-3502, 200 Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, DC 20210. To learn more about federal and state laws, regulations, and information to keep your company’s payroll operations in compliance, check out [**Payroll Source Plus**](https://ebiz.payroll.org/ebusiness/ProductCatalog/Product.aspx?ID=6067)! --- *Jyme Mariani, Esq., is Managing Editor of* Payroll Currently *and Senior Manager of Payroll Information Resources for PayrollOrg.* ### Search ![payroll-logo-white](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/payroll-logo-white.png?width=200&name=payroll-logo-white.png "payroll-logo-white") [Privacy Policy](http://www.americanpayroll.org/privacy/)     |     Acceptable Use ©[PayrollOrg](http://payroll.org) [![soc-fb](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/ct-23-assets/footer-icon_fb.svg "soc-fb")](https://www.facebook.com/PayrollOrg) [![soc-in](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/ct-23-assets/footer-icon_li.svg "soc-in")](https://www.linkedin.com/company/payroll-org/mycompany/) [![Twitter-X-White-Logo-PNG](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Twitter-X-White-Logo-PNG.png?width=20&height=19&name=Twitter-X-White-Logo-PNG.png)](https://twitter.com/PayNews)