Minimum Wage Endpoints

Retrieve minimum wage rates by location and ID

There are two minimum wage endpoints that return minimum wage rates:

  • /prp/v1/minimumwage/location - returns minimum wage rates by location and effective date
  • /prp/v1/minimumwage/id - returns minimum wage rates by the minimum wage unique id

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Minimum Wage add-on to Payroll Point

Clients can purchase the minimum wage rate add-on to Payroll Point, which provides access to Symmetry's historical and future-looking minimum wage rate database. Leverage the power of the PRP API and Symmetry's location service for wage rate determination.

/minimumwage/location endpoint

The /prp/v1/minimumwage/location endpoint returns minimum wage rates by location (address or longitude/latitude pair) and effective date. The result contains all minimum wage rates for a location and effective date.

Query Parameters

ParameterFormatEnforcement
streetAddress1StringRequired if latitude and longitude are null
streetAddress2StringOptional
cityStringRequired if latitude and longitude are null
stateStringRequired if latitude and longitude are null
zipCodeXXXXX or XXXXX-XXXXRequired if latitude and longitude are null
effectiveDateYYYY-MM-DDRequired
latitudeStringRequired if address parameters are null
longitudeStringRequired if address parameters are null
useAddressSuggestionBooleanOptional. Read more here.

Sample Request

curl --location --request GET 'https://api.symmetry.com/prp/v1/minimumwage/location?streetAddress1=123 main st&city=Edison&state=NJ&zipCode=08837&effectiveDate=2021-01-01' \

--header 'Authorization: y0urAPI-KeyG0esH3re'

In this example, parameters are set to the following:

  • streetAddress1: 123 Main St
  • city: Edison
  • state: NJ
  • zipCode: 08837
  • effectiveDate: 2021-01-31

Sample Response

{
    "rates": [
        {
            "mwUid": "00-0-000000000-EXM-012-013",
            "state": "Federal",
            "stateCode": 0,
            "authorityCode": 0,
            "authority": "",
            "authorityType": "Federal",
            "authorityTypeCode": 0,
            "rate": "27.63",
            "effectiveDate": "2017-01-01",
            "majorType": "EXM",
            "industryType": "Computer Professionals",
            "industryTypeCode": 12,
            "minorType": "Minimum Hourly Rate Of Pay Exemption From Overtime Amount",
            "minorTypeCode": 13,
            "details": "Exempt computer employee",
            "updated": "2020-07-07 17:16:03"
        }
        . . .
    ],
    "normalizedAddress": {
        "streetAddress1": "123 Main St",
        "city": "Edison",
        "state": "NJ",
        "zipCode": "08837-2920"
    },
    "normalizedCoordinates": {
        "longitude": -74.358125,
        "latitude": 40.522835
    }
}

/minimumwage/id endpoint

The /prp/v1/minimumwage/id endpoint returns minimum wage rates by the minimum wage unique id (mwUid). The minimum wage unique id (mwUid) string is returned for each tax in the /prp/v1/minimumwage/location endpoint.

Clients can read more about Symmetry's minimum wage unique ID and the elements that compose the ID in Symmetry's Client Support Center.

Query Parameters

ParameterFormatEnforcement
effectiveDateYYYY-MM-DDOptional
mwUidStringRequired
industryTypeCodeNumberOptional
majorTypeNumberOptional
minorTypeCodeNumberOptional
pageNumberNumberOptional
pageSizeNumberOptional
updatedSinceYYYY-MM-DDOptional

Sample Request

curl --location --request GET 'https://api.symmetry.com/prp/v1/minimumwage/id?effectiveDate=2021-01-31&mwUid=6-3-277483-*-*-*&pageNumber=0&pageSize=1' \

--header 'Authorization: y0urAPI-KeyG0esH3re'

In this example, parameters are set to the following:

  • effectiveDate: 2021-01-31
  • mwUid: 6-3-277483---*
  • pageNumber: 0
  • pageSize: 1

Sample Response

{
    "ratesPage": {
        "content": [
            {
                "mwUid": "06-3-000277483-REG-000-002",
                "stateCode": 6,
                "state": "California",
                "authorityCode": 277483,
                "authority": "Campbell",
                "authorityType": "City",
                "authorityTypeCode": 3,
                "rate": "13.00",
                "effectiveDate": "2020-01-01",
                "majorType": "REG",
                "industryType": "",
                "industryTypeCode": 0,
                "minorType": "26 Employees Or More",
                "minorTypeCode": 2,
                "details": "26 employees or more",
                "note": "",
                "updated": "2020-07-07 17:16:03"
            }
        ],
        "pageable": {
            "sort": {
                "unsorted": true,
                "sorted": false,
                "empty": true
            },
            "offset": 0,
            "pageNumber": 0,
            "pageSize": 1,
            "unpaged": false,
            "paged": true
        },
        "last": false,
        "totalPages": 2,
        "totalElements": 2,
        "sort": {
            "unsorted": true,
            "sorted": false,
            "empty": true
        },
        "size": 1,
        "number": 0,
        "first": true,
        "numberOfElements": 1,
        "empty": false
    }
}

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