Jurisdiction |
2023 Rate
|
Effective
|
Tip Rate/Notes
|
Alabama |
|
|
No state minimum wage rate. The federal rate applies. |
Alaska |
|
|
Tips do not count toward the minimum wage. |
Arizona |
|
|
$10.85 ($3 below minimum wage rate) for tipped employees. |
Arkansas |
|
|
$2.63 for tipped employees. The state rate applies to employers with four or more employees. |
California |
|
|
California does not allow employers to use a tip credit. Visit the California Department of Industrial Relations
website
|
Colorado |
|
|
$10.63 for tipped employees. |
Connecticut |
|
|
$6.38 for tipped workers $8.23 for bartenders |
D.C. |
|
|
$5.35 for tipped employees. |
Delaware |
|
|
$2.23 for tipped employees |
Florida |
|
|
$8.98 for tipped employees. |
Georgia |
|
|
A $5.15 state rate applies only to workers not covered by the FLSA (very limited exception). |
Hawaii |
|
|
The maximum allowed tip credit toward the minimum wage is 75 cents per hour. |
Idaho |
|
|
$3.35 for tipped employees. |
Illinois |
|
|
The state rate applies to employers with four or more employees. Tip credit cannot exceed 40% of the applicable minimum wage. $7.80 for tipped employees $10.50 for youth under the age of 18 working fewer than 650 hours per calendar year |
Indiana |
|
|
$2.13 for tipped employees. |
Iowa |
|
|
$4.35 for tipped employees. |
Kansas |
|
|
$2.13 for tipped employees. |
Kentucky |
|
|
$2.13 for tipped employees. |
Louisiana |
|
|
No state minimum wage rate. The federal rate applies. |
Maine |
|
|
$6.38 for tipped employees. |
Maryland |
|
|
The state rate applies to employers with 15 or more employees. $3.63 for tipped employees $12.80 for employers with 14 or fewer employees Different rates may apply for
Montgomery
Prince George
|
Massachusetts |
|
|
$6.75 for tipped employees. |
Michigan |
|
|
$9.60 for tipped employees. On July 19, 2022, the Michigan Court of Claims held in
Mothering v. Nessel
that amendments enacted to the state’s minimum wage law by the state legislature in 2018 violate the state constitution and the original ballot measure as adopted by the legislature must go into effect. Employers should continue to monitor the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s
website
for updates on this fluid development and prepare to adjust their payroll as necessary to comply with the new minimum wage rate requirements by the deadlines mentioned above. |
Minnesota |
|
|
No tip credit allowed. The higher rate applies to large employers ($500,000 or more in annual gross revenue). The $8.63 rate applies to: Small employers Employees under 18 years of age (youth wage) Employees under 20 years of age during their first 90 days of work (training wage) |
Mississippi |
|
|
No state minimum wage rate. The federal rate applies. |
Missouri |
|
|
$6 (50% of the current minimum rate) for tipped employees. |
Montana |
|
|
No tip credit, meal credit or training wage is allowed. The lower rate applies to businesses with gross annual sales of $110,000 or less that are not covered by federal minimum wage law. |
Nebraska |
|
|
$2.13 for tipped employees. |
Nevada |
|
|
The higher rate applies to employees without health benefits. No tip credit is allowed. |
New Hampshire |
|
|
Tipped employees must receive 45% of the applicable rate. |
New Jersey |
|
|
The state rate applies to employers with six or more employees. Additional rates may apply to: $12.93 for seasonal and small employers $12.10 for employees who work on a farm for an hourly or piece rate $17.13 for long-term care facility direct care staff $5.26 for tipped worker cash wage (employers can claim an $8.87 tip credit) |
New Mexico |
|
|
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New York |
|
|
The minimum wage rate in New York varies by location and industry: $15 for employees in New York City, fast food workers, Long Island and Westchester employees $14.20 for the remainder of the state Additional rates may apply under specific industry wage orders. Visit the New York Department of Labor
website
for more minimum wage rate information. |
North Carolina |
|
|
$2.13 for tipped employees. |
North Dakota |
|
|
$4.86 for tipped employees. |
Ohio |
|
|
$5.05 for tipped employees. Employers that gross less than $371,000 must pay their employees no less than the current federal minimum wage rate. |
Oklahoma |
|
|
The higher rate applies to employers with 10 or more full-time employees at any one location and employers with annual gross sales over $100,000; all other employees not covered by the FLSA are subject to the state minimum wage of $2 per hour. |
Oregon |
|
|
No tip credit allowed. The following minimum wage rates also apply: $14.75 for the Portland metropolitan area $12.50 for nonurban counties |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
$2.83 for tipped employees. |
Rhode Island |
|
|
$3.89 for tipped employees. |
South Carolina |
|
|
No state minimum wage rate. The federal rate applies. |
South Dakota |
|
|
$5.40 for tipped employees. |
Tennessee |
|
|
No state minimum wage rate. The federal rate applies. |
Texas |
|
|
$2.13 for tipped employees. |
Utah |
|
|
$2.13 for tipped employees. |
Vermont |
|
|
$6.28 for tipped employees. |
Virginia |
|
|
The minimum wage for tipped employees in Virginia is the same as the minimum wage for all other employees. |
Washington |
|
|
No tip credit allowed. Workers who are 14 or 15 years old may be paid 85% of the state minimum wage rate or $13.38 per hour. |
West Virginia |
|
|
The state rate applies to employers with six or more employees. Employers can take a tip credit of up to 70 percent of the state rate. |
Wisconsin |
|
|
$2.33 for tipped employees. |
Wyoming |
|
|
$2.13 for tipped employees. The $7.25 federal rate applies to employers covered by the FLSA. |