Service Employees in Resort Hotels have a minimum hourly wage with an hourly tip credit, and a
tip threshold as follows:
(1) New York City by
(i) Large employers of eleven or more employees
$9.15 Cash Wage, $1.85 Credit, $6.15 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2016;
$10.85 Cash Wage, $2.15 Credit, $7.30 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2017;
$12.50 Cash Wage, $2.50 Credit, $8.40 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2018;
(ii) Small Employer of ten or fewer employees
$8.75 Cash Wage, $1.75 Credit, $5.90 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2016;
$10.00 Cash Wage, $2.00 Credit, $6.75 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2017;
$11.25 Cash Wage, $2.25 Credit, $7.60 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2018;
$12.50 Cash Wage, $2.50 Credit, $8.40 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2019;
(2) Remainder of downstate (Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties)
$8.35 Cash Wage, $1.65 Credit, $5.60 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2016;
$9.15 Cash Wage, $1.85 Credit, $6.15 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2017;
$10.00 Cash Wage, $2.00 Credit, $6.75 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2018;
$10.85 Cash Wage, $2.15 Credit, $7.30 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2019;
$11.65 Cash Wage, $2.35 Credit, $7.85 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2020;
$12.50 Cash Wage, $2.50 Credit, $8.40 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2021.
(3) Remainder of state (outside of New York City and Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties)
$8.10 Cash Wage, $1.60 Credit, $5.45 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2016;
$8.65 Cash Wage, $1.75 Credit, $5.85 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2017;
$9.25 Cash Wage, $1.85 Credit, $6.25 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2018;
$9.85 Cash Wage, $1.95 Credit, $6.60 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2019;
$10.40 Cash Wage, $2.10 Credit, $7.00 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2020;
$11.00 Cash Wage, $2.20 Credit, $7.40 Tip Threshold on and after December 31, 2021.
For the employer to claim a tip credit/allowance (and pay a reduced hourly wage in conjunction
with the tips received by the employee), the employer must prove that the employee actually
received such tips. Employers must give employees, at or before the time of hiring, written
notice that the employer will apply a tip credit or allowance toward their minimum wage.