# New York — Jury duty employer pay requirements by US state — whether an employer must keep paying wages during jury service, how much, for how long, quoted from the state's own statute

For New York, employer pay rule is An employer may, however, withhold wages of any such employee serving as a juror during the period of such service; provided that an employer who employs more than ten employees shall not withhold the first seventy-two dollars of such juror’s daily wages during the first three days of jury service; statute is N.Y. Judiciary Law § 519, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** New York _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Employer pay rule:** An employer may, however, withhold wages of any such employee serving as a juror during the period of such service; provided that an employer who employs more than ten employees shall not withhold the first seventy-two dollars of such juror’s daily wages during the first three days of jury service. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** N.Y. Judiciary Law § 519 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> An employer may, however, withhold wages of any such employee serving as a juror during the period of such service; provided that an employer who employs more than ten employees shall not withhold the first seventy-two dollars of such juror’s daily wages during the first three days of jury service. Withholding of wages in accordance with this section shall not be deemed a penalty.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Statute

> N.Y. Judiciary Law Section 519 – Right of juror to be absent from employment (2026)

## Source

- https://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._judiciary_law_section_519

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