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Minimum Wage Tipped Workers

You will find below the federal minimum wage rate for tipped workers and the rates per state. Click on the next link for federal regulation for tipped workers, eg retention of tips, tip pooling, dual jobs, service charges, credit card tips. Click on the names of the states below if you want to know more about the minimum wage regulations of a state.

2012 -2013 Minimum Wage Tipped Workers per State
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 $7.80 $3.00 $4.80 Not specified
Arkansas $6.25 $3.63 $2.62 Not specified
California State law doesn't allow tip credit $8.00
SAN FRANCISCO rate: $10.55
San Jose rate: $10.00
Long Beach rate for hotel workers with more than 100 rooms: $13.00 and 5 sick days 
Colorado  $7.78 $4.76 $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 $7.79 $3.02  $4.77
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*  $7.35 $3.675 $3.675  Not specified. Employers engaged in retail or service business whose annual gross income is less than $500,000 are not required to pay the state minimum wage rate.
Montana

$7.80

 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: $10.29
Albuquerque: $8.50

 $5.37
Santa Fe: $8.16
Albuquerque: $6.27		 $2.13 More than $30 
New York*: $7.25 $5.12 $2.13 Read more about the $9 minimum wage deal: not for tipped workers
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*  $7.85 $ 3.92  $3.93

Only for employers who gross more than 288,000 per year . Employers grossing less, and for under 16 year olds the federal minimum applies.
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 $8.95 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*  $7.75 $4.86 $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*  $8.60  $4.43  $4.17   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

 $9.19

 

 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
* 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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