Dol Exempt Salary Threshold 2025 Fact Sheet. A federal district court in texas has blocked a u.s. Under the dol’s final rule, the annual salary level to qualify for exempt status will increase in two steps resulting in an increase from the current $35,568 per year to $58,656 per year by january 1, 2025.

Under the final rule, to be exempt as an hce, in addition to passing the hce duties test, an employee must receive total annual compensation of at least $107,432 and must also receive at least the new standard salary amount of. In april 2024, the u.s.