Jurisdiction
|
Basic combined Cash & Tip Minimum Wage
per hour
|
Maximum Tip Credit
against Minimum Wage
per hour
|
Minimum Cash Wage
per hour
|
Definition of Tipped Employee by monthly Tips - Notes
|
Federal
|
$7.25 |
$5.12 |
$2.13 |
More than $30 |
Alabama
|
|
|
|
No state minimum wage laws
|
Alaska
|
|
State law doesn't allow tip credit
|
$7.25 |
|
Arizona
|
$7.65
|
$3.00 |
$4.65
|
Not specified |
Arkansas
|
$6.25 |
$3.63
|
$2.62
|
Not specified
|
California
|
|
State law doesn't allow tip credit |
$8.00
San Francisco rate: $10.24
|
|
Colorado
|
$7.64
|
$3.02 |
$4.62
|
More than $30 |
Connecticut:
|
|
$2.48
|
$5.52
|
At least $10 weekly for full-time employees or $2.00 daily for part-time in hotels and restaurants. Not specified for other industries. |
Beauty shop
|
|
none
|
$8.00 |
|
Hotel, restaurant
|
|
$2.48 |
$5.52 |
|
Bartenders
|
|
$0.88
|
$7.12 |
|
Delaware
|
$7.25 |
$5.02 |
$2.23 |
More than $30
|
District of Columbia
|
$8.25 |
$5.48 |
$2.77 |
Not specified
|
Florida
|
$7.67
|
$3.02 |
$4.65
|
|
Georgia
|
|
|
exempts tipped employee law
|
|
Guam
|
|
State law doesn't allow tip credit |
$ 5.75
|
|
Hawaii
|
$7.25 |
$0.25
|
$7.00 |
More than $20 |
Idaho*
|
$7.25 |
$3.90 |
$3.35
|
More than $30 |
Illinois*
|
$8.00 |
$3.20
|
$4.80 |
$20 |
Indiana*
|
$7.25 |
$5.12
|
$2.13 |
Not specified |
Iowa*
|
$7.25 |
$2.90
|
$4.35 |
More than $30 |
Kansas*
|
$2.65 |
$1.06
|
$1.59 |
More than $20 |
Kentucky*
|
$7.25 |
$5.12 |
$2.13 |
More than $30 |
Maine*
|
$7.50 |
50%
|
$50%
|
More than $30
|
Maryland*
|
$7.25 |
$3.62
|
$3.63 |
More than $30 |
Massachusetts*
|
$8.00 |
$5.37 |
$2.63 |
More than $20 |
Michigan*
|
$7.40 |
$4.75
|
$2.65 |
Not specified |
Minnesota:
|
|
State law doesn't allow tip credit |
|
|
large employer
|
|
|
$6.15 |
Enterprise with annual receipts of $625,000 or more. |
small employer
|
|
|
$5.25
|
Enterprise with annual receipt less than $625,000.
|
Mississippi
|
|
|
|
No state minimum wage laws |
Missouri*
|
$7.25
|
$3.62 |
$3.63 |
Not specified |
Montana
|
$7.65
|
State law doesn't allow tip credit |
|
|
Business with gross annual sales of $110,000 or less, not covered by FLSA
|
|
|
$4.00
|
|
Nebraska*
|
$7.25 |
$5.12
|
$2.13 |
Not specified |
Nevada:
|
$7.55
|
State law doesn't allow tip credit |
|
|
Without qualified
health plan |
|
|
$7.55 |
|
| With qualified health plan |
|
|
$6.55
|
|
New Hampshire*
|
$7.25 |
55%
|
45%
|
More than $30 |
New Jersey*
|
$7.25 |
$5.12
Listed max. credit is the total amount allowable for tips, food and lodging combined, not for tips alone as in other states.
|
$2.13 |
Not specified
|
New Mexico
|
$7.50
Santa Fe: $9.85, March 1, 2012: $10.29
|
$5.37
Santa Fe: $7.72, March 1, 2012: $8.16
|
$2.13
|
More than $30
|
New York*:
|
$7.25 |
$5.12 |
$2.13
|
Not specified |
|
|
|
|
|
Building service
|
|
None
|
$7.25
|
|
Restaurant industry:
|
|
|
|
|
Food service workers
|
|
$2.25
|
$5.00 |
|
All other workers:
|
|
|
|
|
Service workers
|
|
$1.60
|
$5.65
|
|
Hotel industry:
|
|
|
|
|
Food service workers
|
|
$2.25
|
$5.00 |
|
Service workers in all establishments (coat check workers, porters etc.)
|
|
$$1.60
|
$5.65
|
|
Service workers and chambermaids in resort hotels if tips are at least $4.10 per hour
|
|
$2.35 |
$4.90 |
|
North Carolina*
|
$7.25 |
$5.12
Tip credit
not permitted unless the employer obtains from each employee, monthly or for each pay period, a signed certification of the amount of tips received.
|
$2.13 |
More than $20 |
North Dakota*
|
$7.25 |
$2.39
|
$4.86 |
More than $30 |
Ohio*
|
$7.70
|
$3.85
|
$3.85 |
More than $30
Minimum Pay 2010: Only for employers who gross more than $267,000 a year. For companies
grossing $255,000 or less a year
|
Oklahoma*:
|
$7.25 |
$3.62
Listed max. credit is the total amount allowable for tips, food and lodging combined, not for tips alone as in other states.
|
$3.63 |
Not specified |
For employers with fewer than 10 full time employees at any one locations who have a gross annual sales of $100,000 or less:
|
|
50%
|
$2.00
|
|
Oregon
|
$8.80
|
State law doesn't allow tip credit |
|
Rises with inflation. |
Pennsylvania *
|
$7.25 |
$4.42 |
$2.83 |
More than $30 |
| Puerto Rico |
|
not permitted for all occupations
|
$3.61 |
Varies per industry. |
Restaurant, bar and soda
fountain ind. |
|
permitted
|
$3.70 |
|
Guest house industry
|
|
permitted
|
$2.75 |
only for employees who were hired after July 27, 1998.For hotel waiters and bellboys, the minimum wage is $2.50 or $2.25, depending on whether annual gross income is $362,500 or more or less than this amount. |
Rhode Island*
|
$7.40 |
$4.51 |
$2.89 |
Not specified |
South Carolina
|
|
|
|
No state minimum wage laws |
South Dakota*
|
$7.25 |
$5.12
Listed max. credit is the total amount allowable for tips, food and lodging combined, not for tips alone as in other states.
|
$2.13 |
More than $35 |
Tennessee
|
|
|
|
No state minimum wage laws |
Texas*
|
$7.25 |
$5.12 |
$2.13 |
More than $20 |
Utah*
|
$6.55 |
$4.42 |
$2.13 |
More than $30 |
Vermont*
|
$8.46
|
$4.36
|
$4.10
|
More than $120
|
Virginia*
|
$7.25 |
up to 100% of MW
|
$0.0 if tips equal MW
|
Not specified |
Virgin Islands*:
|
|
|
|
|
Tourist service and restaurant industries
|
$6.15 |
50% |
$3.075 |
Not specified |
All other industries:
|
$6.15 |
None |
$4.65 |
|
| Washington |
$9.04
|
State law doesn't allow tip credit |
|
Rises with inflation. |
West Virginia*
|
$7.25 |
$1.45
|
$5.80 |
Not specified
For employers with six or more employees and for state agencies.
|
Wisconsin*
|
$7.25 |
$4.92 |
$2.33 |
Not specified
$2.13 may be paid to employees under 20 and who have been in employment status with a particular employer for 90 or fewer consecutive calendar days from the date of initial employment.
|
Wyoming*
|
$5.15 |
$3.02 |
$2.13 |
More than $30 |
|
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* Tip Credit permitted if the combined amount of tip and wage is at least 50 cents more than the applicable minimum wage. |
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