{"place":"New York, NY","kind":"city","asOf":"2026-10-07","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/new-york-ny","state":{"code":"NY","name":"New York","slug":"new-york","incomeTax":{"type":"progressive","flatRate2026":null,"lowestRate2026":3.9,"topRate2026":10.9,"topRateStartsSingle":25000000,"notes":"2026 single schedule: 3.9% to $8,500; 4.4% to $11,700; 5.15% to $13,900; 5.4% to $80,650; 5.9% to $215,400; 6.85% to $1,077,550; 9.65% to $5,000,000; 10.3% to $25,000,000; 10.9% above. NYC residents also pay NYC income tax of 3.078% to 3.876% (single, top rate over $50,000). Yonkers residents pay a surcharge.","source":"https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/current_forms/it/it2105i.pdf"},"estimatedTax":{"form":"IT-2105","rule":"You must pay estimated tax if you expect to owe at least $300 of New York State, New York City, or Yonkers tax for 2026 after withholding and credits. Self-employed people subject to the MCTMT must also pay estimated MCTMT.","schedule":"Same dates as federal (April 15, June 15, September 15, 2026 and January 15, 2027). Farmers and fishermen have one installment, due January 15.","source":"https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/current_forms/it/it2105i.pdf"},"minimumWage2026":{"standard":16,"tippedCash":10.7,"tipCreditAllowed":true,"notes":"$16.00 statewide outside the downstate region. NYC, Long Island, and Westchester: $17.00. Food service workers' cash wage is $10.70 upstate and $11.35 downstate. Hospitality service employees' cash wage is $13.30 upstate and $14.15 downstate. Tip credits are not allowed in miscellaneous industries. NYSDOL says the rates will not get an inflation increase on January 1, 2027 because an off-ramp was triggered. Tipped-wage table: https://dol.ny.gov/minimum-wage-tipped-workers-p717-english","source":"https://dol.ny.gov/minimum-wage-0"},"soleProprietorTaxes":[{"name":"Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax (MCTMT) on self-employment earnings","summary":"Applies to self-employed people (including partners and members of LLCs treated as partnerships) whose net earnings from self-employment allocated to a zone of the MCTD exceed $150,000. The MCTD is NYC plus Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester counties. Rate: 0.60% in Zone 1 (NYC) and 0.34% in Zone 2. No credits can offset it.","source":"https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/current_forms/it/it2105i.pdf"},{"name":"LLC annual filing fee (Form IT-204-LL) for single-member LLCs","summary":"A single-member LLC treated as a disregarded entity with any New York-source income, gain, loss, or deduction owes a flat $25 filing fee on Form IT-204-LL (per the 2025 instructions, the latest published). It is due by the 15th day of the third month after the tax year ends (March 15 for calendar years).","source":"https://www.tax.ny.gov/forms/current-forms/it/it204lli.htm"},{"name":"New York City Unincorporated Business Tax (city-level, NYC only)","summary":"NYC charges 4% on unincorporated business income (sole proprietors, LLCs, partnerships) allocated to the city. A liability of $3,400 or less is fully credited, and liabilities from $3,401 to $5,400 get a partial credit. NYC-resident sole proprietors can claim a partial credit against NYC personal income tax.","source":"https://www.nyc.gov/site/finance/business/business-unincorporated-business-tax-ubt.page"}],"contractorLaws":[{"name":"Freelance Isn't Free Act (General Business Law Article 44-A)","summary":"In effect statewide since August 28, 2024 (https://dol.ny.gov/freelance-isnt-free-act). Freelancers hired for $800 or more of services are entitled to a detailed written contract and full, timely payment by the contract date, or within 30 days of finishing the work if no date is set. Retaliation is prohibited (GBL 1413). The NYS Attorney General can investigate complaints, and freelancers can also sue (GBL 1414).","source":"https://ag.ny.gov/resources/individuals/workers-rights/wages-pay"},{"name":"Construction Industry Fair Play Act","summary":"Construction workers are presumed employees unless all three ABC conditions are met: free from direction and control, work outside the hiring business's usual work, and an independently established business. Misclassifying workers or paying them off the books is illegal.","source":"https://dol.ny.gov/construction-industry-fair-play-act"},{"name":"NYC app-based restaurant and grocery delivery worker minimum pay (city-level)","summary":"NYC requires delivery apps to pay delivery workers a minimum pay rate before tips. The rate rose to $22.13 per hour starting with the first pay period on or after April 1, 2026, and grocery delivery apps such as Instacart have been covered since January 26, 2026. Apps must pay within 7 days after the pay period with itemized statements and offer a checkout tip option.","source":"https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/news/009-26/major-victory-nyc-"},{"name":"NYC TLC minimum driver pay standard for Uber and Lyft drivers (city-level)","summary":"TLC rules set a minimum per-trip payment for drivers working for high-volume for-hire services such as Uber and Lyft. It is not an hourly wage. Rates effective March 1, 2026 for non-wheelchair-accessible trips are $1.283 per mile and $0.681 per minute.","source":"https://www.nyc.gov/site/tlc/about/driver-pay-rates.page"}],"notes":"New York City adds its own personal income tax and the 4% UBT on top of state tax, so NYC freelancers face some of the highest combined rates in the country."},"stateRetirementProgram":{"state":"New York","code":"NY","programName":"New York State Secure Choice Savings Program","status":"active","employerMandate":"Private employers with 10+ employees, in business 2+ years, with no qualified plan; auto-enrolment into a Roth IRA at a 3% default","mandateMin":10,"keyDates":"Registration deadlines by size: March 18, 2026 (30+ employees), May 15, 2026 (15–29) and July 15, 2026 (10–14).","covers1099":false,"selfEnroll":"unverified","sourceUrl":"https://newyorksecurechoice.com/employers/program-details","note":"Secondary sources give the first deadline as March 16 or March 19, 2026; the official program site says March 18, 2026, which is the date used here. Nothing found confirming or denying self-enrolment by the self-employed — unverified.","lastVerified":"2026-09-09"},"city":{"slug":"new-york-ny","name":"New York","stateCode":"NY","county":"New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, and Richmond counties (the five boroughs)","population":8584629,"populationYear":2025,"localIncomeTax":{"applies":true,"name":"New York City resident personal income tax","residentRate":3.876,"nonresidentRate":0,"selfEmployed":"NYC residents owe the city tax on their total taxable income, including net self-employment and 1099 income, filed on the New York State return (Form IT-201) at graduated rates of 3.078% to 3.876%. Nonresidents who only work in the city do not owe NYC personal income tax (only residents and part-year residents are listed as subject).","effective":"Graduated rates from the 2025 Form IT-201 instructions (latest published schedule; New York had not posted 2026 tax tables as of October 7, 2026).","source":"https://www.tax.ny.gov/forms/html-instructions/2025/it/it201i-2025.htm"},"localBusinessTaxes":[{"name":"NYC Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT)","summary":"Sole proprietors, freelancers, and other unincorporated businesses that carry on business wholly or partly in NYC must file a UBT return if total gross income from all business exceeds $95,000. The tax is 4% of taxable business income after a $5,000 exemption and an allowance for the owner's services (the lesser of 20% of net income or $10,000); a business tax credit wipes out the tax when it is $3,400 or less and phases out completely at $5,400.","source":"https://www.nyc.gov/assets/finance/downloads/pdf/25pdf/business_tax_forms/nyc-202s-instr_2025.pdf"},{"name":"Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax (MCTMT), self-employed","summary":"Self-employed people with net earnings attributable to Zone 1 (the five NYC counties) above the threshold pay MCTMT on their New York income tax return. The threshold is $150,000 for tax year 2026 and later (it was $50,000 through 2025); the 2025 instructions set the Zone 1 rate at 0.60% of Zone 1 net earnings.","source":"https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/nyc_yonkers_residents.htm"}],"businessLicense":null,"gigLaws":[{"name":"NYC delivery worker minimum pay rate (restaurant and grocery apps)","summary":"Restaurant and grocery delivery apps such as Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub, Instacart, and Shipt must pay delivery workers at least $22.13 per hour before tips, starting with the first pay period on or after April 1, 2026 (up from $21.44); the rate is adjusted for inflation each year. Other kinds of delivery apps are not yet covered, and DCWP says it will set a minimum pay rate for all delivery apps in early 2027.","source":"https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/workers/Delivery-Worker-Public-Hearing-Minimum-Pay-Rate.page"},{"name":"TLC minimum pay standard for high-volume for-hire (Uber/Lyft) drivers","summary":"Rates effective March 1, 2026 are $1.283 per mile plus $0.681 per minute for non-wheelchair-accessible trips and $1.601 per mile plus $0.681 per minute for wheelchair-accessible trips. The portion of a trip outside New York City pays more: $1.757 per mile (non-WAV) or $2.193 per mile (WAV) plus $0.725 per minute. This is a per-trip pay floor, not an hourly wage.","source":"https://www.nyc.gov/site/tlc/about/driver-pay-rates.page"},{"name":"NYC Freelance Isn't Free Act","summary":"Hiring parties must give freelancers a written contract for work worth $800 or more, including all work totaling $800 in any 120-day period, and must pay by the contract date or within 30 days after the work is done. Freelancers who are not paid on time can collect double damages plus attorneys' fees, and retaliation is illegal.","source":"https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/workers/workersrights/freelancer-workers.page"}],"notes":"NYC does not tax nonresidents' wages or self-employment income (the nonresident earnings tax no longer applies; only residents and part-year residents report NYC income tax). DCWP licenses more than 45,000 businesses in over 45 specific industries (https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/businesses/licenses.page); no official page found states outright that NYC has no general business license, so businessLicense is left null. A sole proprietor using a name other than their legal name needs a Certificate of Assumed Name (business certificate) from the county clerk (https://nyc-business.nyc.gov/nycbusiness/description/certificate-of-assumed-name-business-certificate). residentRate is the top marginal NYC rate; rates are graduated from 3.078%.","populationSource":"https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025.csv"},"guides":[{"audience":"consultants","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/new-york-ny/consultants"},{"audience":"freelancers","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/new-york-ny/freelancers"},{"audience":"content-creators","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/new-york-ny/content-creators"},{"audience":"entrepreneurs","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/new-york-ny/entrepreneurs"},{"audience":"gig-workers","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/new-york-ny/gig-workers"},{"audience":"tipped-workers","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/new-york-ny/tipped-workers"},{"audience":"tradespeople","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/new-york-ny/tradespeople"}],"disclaimer":"Educational information for 2026, not tax, legal or investment advice. Sources are cited per fact."}