Yes I see your post to the federal and state rules and it clarifies this greatly so thank you. At the very least - there's extra admin overhead and rules from

Yes I see your post to the federal and state rules and it clarifies this greatly so thank you. At the very least - there's extra admin overhead and rules from not having them exempt (paying less than the minimum) which should be weighed against the exemptions you get from paying the minimum salary amounts for certain jobs. For my company, I think we'll move toward lower but fair salaries and less hours and pay any overtime needed at times for some roles. I bet there's a lot of companies paying under the $~87k for computer related professionals that do not pay overtime. While the limit was lower about 7 yrs ago when I was working for the man (an agency), I definitely didn't get overtime for many long weeks and I was not exempt at the time.