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Similar to Missouri, Montana has few wage notice requirements. In-state employers must include the following information on employee wage statements:
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In-state employers must provide with wage statements the following information:
Nevada has only a single wage notice requirement. In-state employers must provide an itemized list of all deductions made from their employees’ wages.
For wage changes, employers must provide the affected employee a 7 day written notice before lowering their pay.
Interestingly, New Hampshire has the same wage notice requirement as Nevada. All in-state employers must provide an itemized list of deductions made from their employees’ wages.
However, at the time of hiring, the employer must also provide notice of the employee’s rate of pay as well as advanced notice of any changes to the rate of pay thereafter.
For employers based out of New Jersey, the wage notice requirements are slightly more substantial. At the time of hiring, employers must provide notice of:
Furthermore, all wage statements must include the following information:
The wage notice requirements for New Mexico employers largely follow what has already been listed for many states. Wage statements must include the following information:
Notably, New Mexico state law does not specifically require notice of an employee’s rate of pay or pay schedule at the time of hiring.
The wage notice requirements for New York are more robust than many of the states already listed. At the time of hiring, New York employers must provide notice of the following:
In-state employers must also include with regular wage statements the following information:
The wage notice requirements for North Carolina largely revolve around paycheck deductions. In-state employers must include with wage statements an itemized list of all deductions, diversions, payments, or withholding of wages.
Additionally, employers must provide written notice of any decrease in wages or wage benefits at least one pay period in advance of the decrease taking effect.
Employers based in North Dakota must adhere to the state’s wage notice requirements. This means including with wage statements the following information:
Thanks to the recently enacted Pay Stub Protection Act, the state of Ohio now mandates basic wage notice requirements. Employers in Ohio must now provide at least the following information on their employees’ wage statements:
As with Nevada and New Hampshire, Oklahoma’s single wage notice requirement is that employers must provide a list of itemized deductions on employee wage statements.
Buckle up! If you’re working out of Oregon, you have multiple wage notice requirements to follow.
In-state employers must include on all wage statements the following information:
The wage notice requirements for Pennsylvania aren’t quite as extensive. In-state employers must provide with all wage statements the following information:
With all wage statements, employers working out of Rhode Island must provide the following information:
Additionally, employers must provide employees written or posted notice of any change in their set payday schedule at least 3 paydays in advance of the change.
South Carolina also has a brief list of wage notice requirements. At the time of hiring, employers must provide notice of:
Employers working out of this state must also include with their regular wage statements the following information:
South Dakota is one of the states with no wage notice requirements. Employers have no legal obligation to provide a wage statement with any wage-specific information.
Tennessee is the last of our states with no wage notice requirements. Outside of the paycheck itself, in-state employers have no legal obligation to provide additional wage-specific information to employees.
If you have a production in Texas, be prepared to follow its wage notice requirements.
In-state employers must include with all wage statements the following information:
The wage notice requirements for Utah employers is fairly extensive. At the time of hiring, employers must provide notice of:
Additionally, all subsequent wage statements must include the following information:
There are several wage notice requirements for employers working in Vermont. All wage statements must include the following information at minimum:
Virginia has a robust list of wage notice requirements. In-state employers must include with their wage statements the following information:
The wage notice requirements for Washington employers is not quite as detailed. Still, in-state employers must provide with wage statements the following information:
West Virginia employers have several wage notice requirements that they must abide by. At the time of hire, employers must provide written notification that includes:
After an initial hire, all wage statements issued by the employer must then include the following information:
Additionally, employers must notify employees of any changes to their rate of pay, pay schedule, or method of payment “prior to the time of such changes”..
The wage notice requirements for Wisconsin employers is nearly identical to that for West Virginia employers.
All wage statements issued by them must include:
We did it! We are at the last of our wage notice requirements by state. And for Wyoming, it’s fairly straightforward. All in-state employers must simply provide a list of itemized deductions with each wage statement.
Understanding wage notice requirements by state can be a challenge, but remember that you’re not alone. Wrapbook is here to help with next-gen digital solutions to help maintain compliance and supercharge your next production. Check out our demo to see how Wrapbook makes payroll compliance faster, easier, and more efficient.
If you’re planning a shoot anywhere in the U.S., be sure to check out our essential breakdowns of worker classification tests and paycheck laws by state. Or visit Wrapbook’s free state-by-state production incentive finder to help make the most of any budget.
If you’re handling production payroll, understanding wage notice requirements by state is a must—especially when you’re filming in more than one location, as you may have different wage notice requirements by state. If you don’t follow each requirement correctly, it could lead to any number of unwanted consequences, from state-levied fines to lawsuits filed by your employees. And no one wants to deal with that.
Our comprehensive list of all the wage notice requirements by state 2026 has to offer makes it easy for you to find the proper requirements for you wherever you’re filming. That means it can help with not only legal compliance but also personal peace of mind.
Wage notice requirements are legal mandates issued by each state that detail the information an employer or payroll company is obligated to provide with an employee’s pay statement. This information might include:
Wage change notice requirements—meaning an alteration to what an employee is paid—may also be part of overall wage notice requirements by state.
Kicking off our list of wage notice requirements by state is Alabama. Per the state’s Department of Labor website, Alabama does not have any wage notice requirements that employers must follow, including requirements to provide wage statements or pay stubs.
Alaska has several wage notice requirements by state mandate. Employers must provide with each wage statement the following information:
Alaska also imposes wage change notice requirements by state law. In Alaska, if an employer intends to alter an employee’s wage amount or rate, they must notify the employee of those changes at least one pay period before they occur.
Arizona employers do not have any wage notice requirements, unless their employees receive direct deposit payments. In such cases, Alaska state law dictates that employers must provide a wage statement that specifically includes both earnings and withholdings.
Arkansas currently maintains no wage notice requirements by state law.
When it comes to the practice of wage notice requirements, California has a much more detailed list than what we have covered so far. For in-state employers, the wage notice requirement California imposes dictates itemized wage statements that include the following information:
When it comes to providing notice of wage reduction, California’s Wage Theft Protection Act supplies the relevant guidelines. For any employee’s notice of wage reduction, California mandates that the employer must notify the employee within one week of any salary change.
Beyond providing notice of wage reduction, California has also updated its wage theft protection notice guidelines. You can find the new template published by the California Labor Commissioner here.
Like California, Colorado employers must give their employees itemized wage statements. On those statements employers must include the following information:
Connecticut also has several wage notice requirements by state. Employers must provide wage statements that include the following information:
The relevant wage laws for Delaware primarily concern wage change notice requirements by state. In-state employers must provide notification of following:
Wage change notice requirements by state mandate in Delaware permit employers to provide information either in writing or via posted notice in a place accessible to the affected employees.
It may not be a state, but Washington, D.C. has its own wage notice requirements. Specifically, all D.C. employers must provide a wage statement that includes:
Florida is among the states with no wage notice requirements. Other than the actual paycheck, employers do not have to provide any itemized wage statement.
Like Florida, Georgia has mandated no wage notice requirements or wage change notice requirements by state law. That being said, reduction to a wage rate can be applied only to hours worked after the change goes into effect (as opposed to retroactively.)
Hawaii is a state with substantial wage notice requirements.
Employers must provide notice of a long list of items, including:
Idaho is an interesting state in that it technically mandates wage notice requirements but does not specify which requirements are mandated. Employers simply must provide employees with wage statements that detail their payment information.
For employers working out of Illinois, the wage notice requirements are brief. Employers are only obligated to provide notice of the following information:
Illinois further mandates that notice be acknowledged by both parties and given in writing “whenever possible.”
The wage notice requirements for Indiana are modest, and it mandates no wage change notice requirements by state law. Employers need only provide the following on a wage statement:
Iowa has similar wage notice requirements for employers. They must provide on each wage statement the following information:
As of this writing, Kansas has no wage notice requirements by state. That being said, if an employee makes a request, an employer must provide a list of itemized deductions for each pay period.
Kentucky has no wage notice requirement with one significant exception. Any employer with ten or more employees must provide a breakdown of every deduction amount and its purpose.
In the state of Louisiana, employers are first required to provide notice at the time of an employee’s hire. They are required to provide the following information:
The state also maintains wage change notice requirements by state for the following circumstances:
Employers must also notify employees of changes to any of the above before they take place.
Maine has several wage notice requirements in effect. In-state employers must provide wage statements with the following information:
Maryland has several standard wage notice requirements. At the time of hiring, employers must provide employees with notice of:
Additionally, with each wage statement, employers must provide the following information:
Maryland also maintains wage change notice requirements by state mandate that require employers to provide notice of any changes to pay periods or wages at least one pay period in advance. However, Maryland law specifically stipulates that employers are not prohibited from increasing a wage without advance notice.
The wage notice requirements for Massachusetts employers are a bit more robust. Every wage statement must include the following information:
Michigan employers must abide by their state’s wage notice requirements. For each wage statement, they legally are obligated to include the following information:
The wage notice requirements for Minnesota employers are fairly substantial. Each wage statement must include the following information:
Like several other states mentioned so far, Mississippi has no wage notice requirements.
The wage notice requirements for Missouri are minimal. At least once per month, employers must provide the following information on employee wage statements:
Additionally, Missouri law requires employers to give employees notice of any reduction of wages at least 30 days before the reduction is to take effect.
