2026 U.S. Wage & Salary Public Datasets
Open-access, machine-readable datasets and zero-dependency REST APIs covering 2026 statutory minimum wages across all 50 states, tip credit rules, FLSA overtime thresholds, and salary-to-hourly tax conversions. Designed for academic researchers, data journalists, developers, and educators.
Direct Raw Dataset Downloads
Pre-compiled RFC 4180 CSV and validated JSON files updated for the 2026 calendar year.
2026 US 50-State Minimum Wage Directory
Includes state statutory rates, tipped cash wages, maximum tip credits, full-time gross annual figures (2,080 hours), and legislative notes on CPI indexation.
2026 Salary to Hourly & Take-Home Table
Salary benchmarks ($20k to $200k) mapped to hourly, weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly rates with estimated 2026 Federal tax brackets and 7.65% FICA withholdings.
Public REST API Endpoints
Zero authentication required. Enabled with cross-origin headers (Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *) and daily edge caching.
https://paycheckpulse.com/api/v1/minimum-wage?state=californiaQuery statutory minimum wage rates by state name or two-letter postal code (e.g. ?code=NY). Omit parameters to retrieve all 50 states.
https://paycheckpulse.com/api/v1/salary-convert?annual=75000&hours=40Compute on-the-fly gross-to-net conversions, 2026 federal brackets, FICA (7.65%), weekly/bi-weekly/monthly breakdowns, and 50/30/20 budgets.
Academic & Educational Citation Formats
If you utilize PaycheckPulse datasets or API figures in university coursework, dissertations, academic journals, or press publications, please cite according to the following standards:
PaycheckPulse Financial Research Desk. (2026). 2026 United States Statutory Minimum Wage and Salary Conversion Dataset. PaycheckPulse Open Data. https://paycheckpulse.com/dataset
"2026 United States Statutory Minimum Wage and Salary Conversion Dataset." PaycheckPulse Open Data, 2026, https://paycheckpulse.com/dataset.
@misc{paycheckpulse_wage_dataset_2026,
author = {PaycheckPulse Financial Research Desk},
title = {2026 United States Statutory Minimum Wage and Salary Conversion Dataset},
year = {2026},
url = {https://paycheckpulse.com/dataset},
publisher = {PaycheckPulse Open Data},
license = {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)}
}License & Permitted Usage
This dataset is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). You are free to share, copy, redistribute, remix, transform, and build upon this material for any purpose, including commercial applications, provided appropriate attribution is given to PaycheckPulse with a link back to this source.