18 Best New Year Gifts for Coworkers Under $40

A one-page-a-day book of reflections that fits the January urge to start the year in a better frame of mind. It is a safe, encouraging pick for a colleague who keeps a book on their desk for a quiet moment before meetings.

A twelve-sided wooden calendar with one month on each face, covering all of 2027. It is a desk conversation piece that also works as a functional calendar, ideal for an engineer, designer or tabletop gamer on the team.

The most fitting New Year gift there is: a planner that starts on January 1, 2027. At under $10 it suits any office budget, and the compact size slides into a laptop bag. Our budget top pick.

A Moleskine signals "nice notebook" without being personal, which makes it a reliable coworker gift. It is perfect for someone who takes meeting notes by hand or is starting a new project in January.

Every office has a pen thief, and every colleague secretly wants their own stash of G2s. Pair a few with the Moleskine or planner for a complete fresh-start bundle, or give the whole pack to someone who lives on handwritten notes.

Split this pack across a team and everyone gets a tiny plant for their desk in January. Succulents survive office lighting and holiday-week neglect, which makes them a better pick than flowers.

A warm coffee that stays warm through back-to-back meetings is a real January upgrade. The slider lid survives a commute, and the Owala name makes it feel like more than a generic mug. Our mid-priced top pick.

The new year is when everyone promises to clear their desk. This organizer actually helps them do it, and it looks good enough for a manager's office or a home workspace.

A small tech gift for an iPhone user who is always hunting for a charger. It keeps a phone topped up on the desk without a tangle of cables, and the low price fits office gift limits.

Office heating in January dries out everyone. A personal humidifier is a kind gesture toward the colleague who keeps complaining about dry eyes or a scratchy throat, and it runs quietly enough for an open-plan floor.

A sampler lets a coffee-loving coworker taste their way through January, from a bright Ethiopian to a dark Sumatra. It is our top pick for a closer colleague or a team lead, and the bags are easy to share at the office coffee station.

The tea drinker's version of the coffee sampler. A box of 48 bags lasts a colleague well into February, and the herbal options suit anyone cutting back on caffeine as a New Year resolution.

A safe crowd-pleaser for a colleague whose tastes you do not know, or for the whole team to share on the first day back. Individually wrapped truffles keep it office-friendly.

January air and constant hand sanitizer leave everyone with dry hands. A tin lives in a desk drawer, and the set can be split if you need several small gifts at once.

An easy stocking-size gift that suits almost any colleague, and one that gets used daily in a dry office. At around $10 it fits even the strictest office gift limit.

A lined notebook with a cover every office worker relates to. Give it to a coworker you know shares your sense of humor; it gets a laugh at the desk swap and then genuinely gets used for meeting notes.

Eighteen boxed s'more-shaped squishy toys with thank-you tags, sized for handing out across a team. Managers and team leads like it because everyone gets the same small, cheerful thing on the first day back.

For the cat person on the team, this gives a small daily smile all year. It is the kind of desk gift that coworkers walk over to check each morning.