Last updated: (the newest source check in the data files this page reads).
Quick answer. In our data, 15 states raise the minimum wage in 2027 (14 on January 1), 7 states have published a 2027 unemployment tax wage base, and 49 2027 figures are not announced yet. Every item links the official source.
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Showing North Carolina: 0 dated changes, 1 not yet announced, plus federal items. Show all states · All North Carolina pages
Dated list of 2027 changes for North Carolina
For 2026 payments, reported in 2027
Forms for 2026 payments go out in early 2027 (the state 1099 files list due dates in 2027 for 2026).
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Federal · 1099 and W-2 filing
The federal $2,000 threshold, as our 1099 data words it
New Jersey's $1,000 trigger is written in its own withholding guide and differs from the federal $2,000 threshold. The September 2025 guide doesn't say how the two fit together for 2026 payments between $1,000 and $2,000; ask the Division or your preparer before skipping a New Jersey copy.
Quoted from our New Jersey 1099 data file, the only place the state 1099 files word the federal threshold. See the 1099 threshold changes page for the federal side by year.
Source: NJ Division of Taxation: NJ-WT, New Jersey Income Tax Withholding Instructions (September 2025)
Not yet announced
These 2027 figures are still empty (null) in our data files: the official pages we opened in November 2026 had not published them. We don't estimate them; the source link is where the state will post the number.
Minimum wage: 0 not announced
None for North Carolina.
Unemployment tax wage base: 1 not announced
- North Carolina (2026 base $34,200)
Not announced on the official pages we opened in November 2026. DES said 2027 rate notices would be ready in NCSUITS on November 16, 2026.Source: NC DES: Tax Rate Information
No 2027 change in our other employer files
Our final pay, workers' comp and new hire reporting files hold no value dated 2027 for any state. Those tables show the rules as checked; when a state publishes a 2027 change it will be added there and here.
How this list is built
The page reads our minimum wage, unemployment tax, sick leave, state 1099, E-Verify, final pay, workers' comp and new hire data files each time it loads. An item appears only when a file holds a 2027 value; the old and new figures, dates and quoted notes are the files' own, and the source link is one the same file lists. Anything a file leaves empty is under Not yet announced. The state rules directory has every table these files feed.
General information, not legal or tax advice. A state can change a figure after we check, and cities can set their own rules. Confirm with the agency or your payroll provider before you change payroll.
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Common questions
Which states raise the minimum wage on January 1, 2027?
14 in our data: California ($16.90 to $17.40), Colorado ($15.16 to $15.71), Connecticut ($16.94 to $17.48), Maine ($15.10 to $15.70), Michigan ($13.73 to $15.00), Minnesota ($11.41 to $11.87), Montana ($10.85 to $11.20), Nebraska ($15.00 to $15.26), New Jersey ($15.92 to $16.48), Ohio ($11.00 to $11.40), Rhode Island ($16.00 to $17.00), South Dakota ($11.85 to $12.30), Virginia ($12.77 to $13.75), Washington ($17.13 to $17.73).
Which states have published their 2027 unemployment tax wage base?
7 of 51 in our data: California ($7,000), Missouri ($8,500), Nevada ($45,400), New Jersey ($46,400), Oklahoma ($24,400), Pennsylvania ($10,000), Washington ($82,000). The other 44 hadn't published 2027 on the pages we opened.
What does your 1099 data say about the federal $2,000 threshold?
It is quoted in our New Jersey 1099 file: "New Jersey's $1,000 trigger is written in its own withholding guide and differs from the federal $2,000 threshold. The September 2025 guide doesn't say how the two fit together for 2026 payments between $1,000 and $2,000; ask the Division or your preparer before skipping a New Jersey copy."
Which states haven't announced their 2027 minimum wage?
Arizona, District of Columbia, Missouri, Oregon and Vermont. Their 2027 rates are blank in our data until the state publishes them.
Does anything change for final pay, workers' comp or new hire reporting in 2027?
Our final pay, workers' comp, new hire reporting files hold no value dated 2027 for any state.
Where do these figures come from?
Every item is read from our data files, which are built from official state and federal pages checked in November 2026, and links the source in the same file. General information, not legal or tax advice.
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