# Administrative — FLSA overtime exemption duties tests by category (29 CFR Part 541)

For Administrative, cfr section is § 541.200; duties test is (2) Whose primary duty is the performance of office or non-manual work directly related to the management or general business operations of the employer or the employer's customers; and (3) Whose primary duty includes the exercise of discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance; salary or compensation requirement is $684 per week (or $455 per week if employed in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands by employers other than the Federal government, or $380 per week if employed in American Samoa by employers other than the Federal government), exclusive of board, lodging or other facilities; how it must be paid is Compensated on a salary or fee basis; cfr citation is 29 CFR Part 541, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19; source re-checked 2026-09-16.

- **Exemption category:** Administrative _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR section:** § 541.200 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Duties test:** (2) Whose primary duty is the performance of office or non-manual work directly related to the management or general business operations of the employer or the employer's customers; and (3) Whose primary duty includes the exercise of discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Salary or compensation requirement:** $684 per week (or $455 per week if employed in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands by employers other than the Federal government, or $380 per week if employed in American Samoa by employers other than the Federal government), exclusive of board, lodging or other facilities _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How it must be paid:** Compensated on a salary or fee basis _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR citation:** 29 CFR Part 541 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> § 541.200 General rule for administrative employees. (a) The term “employee employed in a bona fide administrative capacity” in section 13(a)(1) of the Act shall mean any employee: (1) Compensated on a salary or fee basis pursuant to <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-541.600> § 541.600 at a rate of not less than $684 per week (or $455 per week if employed in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands by employers other than the Federal government, or $380 per week if employed in American Samoa by employers other than the Federal government), exclusive of board, lodging or other facilities; (2) Whose primary duty is the performance of office or non-manual work directly related to the management or general business operations of the employer or the employer's customers; and (3) Whose primary duty includes the exercise of discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-V/subchapter-A/part-541

Last verified: 2026-09-16. Review by: 2027-02-15.
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