Raises salary minimums for overtime pay, making more salaried workers eligible for extra earnings.
This bill would raise the minimum salary a worker must earn to be exempt from federal overtime pay rules. It would start at $45,000 and increase to $75,000 by 2029, with automatic yearly updates after that. This means more salaried executive, administrative, and professional employees could become eligible for overtime pay.
Today, the minimum salary for executive, administrative, and professional employees to be exempt from overtime is set by regulation, and the rules for non-exempt duties are different. After this bill, the minimum salary would be set by law, starting at $45,000 and rising to $75,000 by 2029, then automatically updating each year. The rules for how much non-executive work these employees can do would also change.
HR 8868 · 119th Congress · May 15, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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