--- title: DOL Raises Weekly ‘White Collar’ Salary Threshold to $684 in 2020 description: DOL raises weekly white collar salary threshold to $684 beginning in 2020. image: https://www.americanpayroll.org/images/default-source/default-album/whitecollarex.jpg?sfvrsn=cc8d02b0_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/PayrollOrg_Swirl.jpg?width=35&name=PayrollOrg_Swirl.jpg) Custom URL No Widget: By [PayrollOrg Staff](https://blogs.payroll.org/pay-news-now/author/apa-staff) on Sep 26, 2019 9:00:00 AM # DOL Raises Weekly ‘White Collar’ Salary Threshold to $684 in 2020 On September 24, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) [**released**](https://www.dol.gov/whd/overtime2019/index.htm) the final rules increasing the minimum salary level for the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) “white collar” exemptions from $455 to $684 per week. The proposed rules, which were published in March, would have set the salary level at $679 per week. **Other Provisions** Effective January 1, 2020, the final rule: - Raises the salary threshold to $684 a week or $35,568 a year (up from $455 a week or $23,660 a year). This translates to a salary threshold of $1,368 for employees paid on a biweekly basis, $1,482 for employees paid on a semimonthly basis, and $2,964 for employees paid monthly. - Raises the total annual compensation requirement for highly compensated employees (HCEs) to $107,432 (up from $100,000 per year). - Allows employers to use nondiscretionary bonuses and incentive payments (including commissions) paid at least annually to satisfy up to 10% of the standard salary level. - Revises the special salary levels for workers in U.S. territories. The rule sets the salary threshold at $455 per week in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. In American Samoa, the salary threshold is set at $380 per week. The rule has been submitted for publication in the Federal Register, but has not yet been scheduled for publication. A [**prepublication version**](https://www.dol.gov/whd/overtime2019/overtime_FR.pdf) is available on the DOL website. In addition, the DOL published a [**Fact Sheet**](https://www.dol.gov/whd/overtime2019/overtime_FS.htm) and [**Frequently Asked Questions**](https://www.dol.gov/whd/overtime2019/overtime_FAQ.htm) concerning the final rule. **APA Resources** Additional information about the new rule is available in a [**Compliance Update**](https://www.americanpayroll.org/compliance/compliance-updates/dol-raises-weekly-white-collar-salary-threshold-to-$684-in-2020), which was emailed to APA members on September 24, and on the Compliance Hot Topics webpage covering the [**White Collar Exemptions**](https://www.americanpayroll.org/compliance/compliance-overview/hot-topics/white-collar-exemptions). In-depth coverage of the rule will be featured in the October issue of [**Payroll Currently**](https://bookshelf.americanpayroll.org/payroll_currently_2019). 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