 The change benefits millions of low-income salaried workers. The salary threshold is going up to include those making about $43,000 a year instead of roughly $35,000. They now have to be paid time and a half an hour in overtime for working more than 40 hours a week. Labor advocates said the cutoff was too low before and that lower-paid salaried workers shouldn't be exempt from overtime protections. In January, the threshold will rise again to about $58,000.