Salary Exempt Threshold 2025. The final rule also increases the annual compensation. Employees who are exempt under the eap exemption generally must receive the full standard salary level.

The new rule represents an almost 65% increase in the minimum exempt salary threshold by january 1, 2025 and an increase of almost 40% in the minimum hce. For employees to qualify as exempt from overtime under one of the white collar exemptions (executive, administrative, and professional), their roles must meet certain criteria.