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Jury duty pay in New York

What happens to your pay and your job if you're summoned in New York — with the statute behind each answer. Verified against a primary source on June 16, 2026.

At a glance

Employer payEmployer pay required
Job protectionProtected
Court per-diem$72/day
Status Verified

JurorPay summarizes state-by-state jury-duty pay rules and job-protection statutes. This is procedural civic-duty information, not legal advice. Statutes change; verify directly with your state court, employer HR, or a licensed attorney before relying on this summary.

Required

Will your employer pay you?

In New York, your employer is required to keep paying you during jury service. Yes (effectively). Under NY Judiciary Law 521, an employer with more than 10 employees is prohibited from withholding the first $72 of an employee's wages for the first three days of jury service — so such employers must pay $72/day for the first three days. If a juror's daily wages are less than $72, the juror receives a court allowance equal to the difference. Employers with 10 or fewer employees are not required to pay. (Rate raised from $40 to $72 effective June 8, 2025.)

Primary source · verified June 16, 2026

Employer-paid

How much, and for how long?

Yes (effectively). Under NY Judiciary Law 521, an employer with more than 10 employees is prohibited from withholding the first $72 of an employee's wages for the first three days of jury service — so such employers must pay $72/day for the first three days. If a juror's daily wages are less than $72, the juror receives a court allowance equal to the difference. Employers with 10 or fewer employees are not required to pay. (Rate raised from $40 to $72 effective June 8, 2025.)

Primary source · verified June 16, 2026

Protected

Can you be fired for serving?

Your job is statutorily protected. New York law prohibits firing, threatening, or penalizing you for responding to a jury summons or serving. Federal law (28 U.S.C. §1875) adds the same protection for federal-court service.

Primary source · verified June 16, 2026

$72/day

What does the court pay you?

The court pays jurors $72 per day. Juror fee is $72 per day of physical attendance (raised from $40, effective June 8, 2025). An employed juror does not receive the state allowance for the first three days if their employer (more than 10 employees) is required to pay the first $72 of wages. No separate statutory mileage figure read. (Judiciary Law 521)

Primary source · verified June 16, 2026

Editor's note on this state

Primary statutory text fetched directly from official nysenate.gov for Judiciary Law 521 (fee/employer-pay) and 519 (anti-discharge protection). $72/day rate and the >10-employee first-three-days pay rule confirmed; rate increase from $40 enacted in the FY2025-2026 NY State Budget, effective June 8, 2025.

Sources for New York

Each figure links to the primary source we read it from. The federal baseline is 28 U.S.C. §1875 — it protects your job during federal-court service but does not require pay.

How New York compares on court per-diem

Court-paid daily fee, ranked across all states with a single statewide figure. New York is highlighted.

Petit-juror per-diem paid by the court (first/standard day), ranked. 9 jurisdictions set per-diem locally (county-by-county or pegged to minimum wage) with no single statewide figure, and are omitted here rather than shown as a guessed amount. Where a state pays a higher rate for extended service, this chart shows the standard day rate. See each state page for the full schedule and citation.

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