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Wage and hour laws by state, 2026
One page for each state and DC: its minimum wage, its tipped cash wage and tip credit, and when overtime is owed, each with its government source and the day we checked it, and the pay of a 40-hour and a 45-hour week at the minimum.
- Alabama$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Alaska$14.00 an hour · tipped $14.00 · overtime after 8 h a day or 40 h a week
- Arizona$15.15 an hour · tipped $12.15 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Arkansas$11.00 an hour · tipped $2.63 · overtime after 40 h a week
- California$16.90 an hour · tipped $16.90 · overtime after 8 h a day or 40 h a week
- Colorado$15.16 an hour · tipped $12.14 · overtime after 12 h a day or 40 h a week
- Connecticut$16.94 an hour · tipped $6.38 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Delaware$15.00 an hour · tipped $2.23 · overtime after 40 h a week
- District of Columbia$18.40 an hour · tipped $10.30 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Florida$15.00 an hour · tipped $11.98 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Georgia$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Hawaii$16.00 an hour · tipped $14.75 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Idaho$7.25 an hour · tipped $3.35 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Illinois$15.00 an hour · tipped $9.00 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Indiana$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Iowa$7.25 an hour · tipped $4.35 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Kansas$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Kentucky$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Louisiana$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Maine$15.10 an hour · tipped $7.55 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Maryland$15.00 an hour · tipped $3.63 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Massachusetts$15.00 an hour · tipped $6.75 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Michigan$13.73 an hour · tipped $5.49 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Minnesota$11.41 an hour · tipped $11.41 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Mississippi$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Missouri$15.00 an hour · tipped $7.50 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Montana$10.85 an hour · tipped $10.85 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Nebraska$15.00 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Nevada$12.00 an hour · tipped $12.00 · overtime after 8 h a day or 40 h a week
- New Hampshire$7.25 an hour · tipped $3.27 · overtime after 40 h a week
- New Jersey$15.92 an hour · tipped $6.05 · overtime after 40 h a week
- New Mexico$12.00 an hour · tipped $3.00 · overtime after 40 h a week
- New York$17.00 an hour · tipped $11.35 · overtime after 40 h a week
- North Carolina$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- North Dakota$7.25 an hour · tipped $4.86 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Ohio$11.00 an hour · tipped $5.50 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Oklahoma$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Oregon$15.55 an hour · tipped $15.55 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Pennsylvania$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.83 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Rhode Island$16.00 an hour · tipped $3.89 · overtime after 40 h a week
- South Carolina$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- South Dakota$11.85 an hour · tipped $5.93 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Tennessee$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Texas$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Utah$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Vermont$14.42 an hour · tipped $7.21 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Virginia$12.77 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Washington$17.13 an hour · tipped $17.13 · overtime after 40 h a week
- West Virginia$8.75 an hour · tipped $2.62 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Wisconsin$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.33 · overtime after 40 h a week
- Wyoming$7.25 an hour · tipped $2.13 · overtime after 40 h a week