2025 New York Taxes
Employee Withholding Requirements
Withholding Method
: FormulaSupplemental Wage / Bonus Rate
: 11.7% for 2025- Employer Compensation Expense Tax (ECET) — 5.0% for 2025
- Register as an employer on the New York Employment Department of Labor website
Employee's Withholding Tax Exemption Certificate
: Form IT-2104
New York Local Taxes
New York State Unemployment Insurance (SUI)
New York Wage Base
: $12,800 for 2025New York Re-Employment Service Fund
: 0.075$ with a wage base of $12,800 for 2025New York new employer rate
: 3.4% for 2025- Get your unemployment insurance rate: New York UI agency website
New York State Disability Insurance (SDI)
New York employee SDI Rate
: 0.5% to a maximum of $0.60 per week per employee for 2025. As a result, employees can't pay more than $31.20 for disability insurance per yearNew York employer SDI Rate
: Balance of costs over employee contributions necessary to provide benefits
New York Paid Family Leave Insurance (FLI)
New York FLI employee rate
: 0.388% for 2025- Annual tax limit: $354.53
New York FLI wage limit
: $91,373.88 for 2025- Weekly wages must always be considered since the tax is based on the lesser of the employee wages or the weekly taxable wage base
New York Minimum Wage
New York Minimum Wage
: $15.50 per hour starting 2025, except for counties and cities with their own rate- $16.00 starting 2026
New York State Labor Laws
New York Termination Pay
:- Employee is fired — pay next regular payday
- Employee quits — pay next regular payday
New York New Hire Reporting
- New Hire Notification
P.O. Box 15119
Albany, NY 12212-5119 - Phone: 518-320-1079
- Fax: 518-320-1080
Remit Withholding for Child Support to
- NYS Child Support Processing Center
P.O. Box 153634
Albany, NY 12212-5363 - Phone: 888-208-4485
New York Reciprocal States
- None
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