Wyoming tipped minimum wage (2026)
Wyoming uses the federal $2.13/hr tipped cash wage, unchanged since 1991. Your paycheck covers $2.13; your tips are supposed to carry you the rest of the way to $7.25/hr — and if they don't, your employer legally owes the difference.
Note: Federal minimum applies. The Wyoming state minimum wage is $5.15/hour; employers covered by the federal FLSA must pay at least the federal minimum wage.
How Wyoming compares
At $2.13/hr, Wyoming ranks 32nd of the 47 states with a single published tipped cash wage. 15 other states sit at the same rate, including Alabama, Georgia, Indiana.
Tips have to cover 71% of your $7.25/hr minimum here. On a shift where they don't, the shortfall is your employer's to pay — but only if you can show what you actually made.
Thirty hours on the schedule guarantees $63.90 before tips — the federal floor, and the same guarantee a server had in 1991.
Nearest rates on either side: Delaware at $2.23.
Cross a border and the base wage changes: Colorado ($12.14), South Dakota ($5.93), Idaho ($3.35) pay more than Wyoming. The widest gap is Colorado, $10.01/hr higher — $300.30 a week on a 30-hour schedule, for the same job.
What's different about tipped work in Wyoming
The state's own wage law has been stranded under the federal minimum for decades, which is why Wyoming's tipped floor is simply the federal one.
Wyoming's state minimum wage is $5.15, below the federal floor, so every employer covered by the FLSA pays the federal $7.25 with a $2.13 cash wage instead.
The number that actually matters
At a $2.13 base, tips aren't a bonus — they're your income. Government wage tables built on reported pay miss most cash tips, so the number that matters (what you took home per hour) exists nowhere but your own records. That gap is also what decides whether your employer topped you up on a slow week.
Simulate a Wyoming shift
Legal minimums are the floor. Enter a real shift — your actual hourly is what decides whether the night was worth it.
Example amounts to start. Enter your actual base wage and shift, including paid sidework time.
This is earnings before taxes and other payroll deductions, not cash paid out tonight. Include each tip once, even when card tips arrive later through payroll.
Use your actual base wage from your pay record. The starting value is only an example. This calculator does not determine the minimum wage required for your job.
Quick answers
What is the tipped minimum wage in Wyoming?＋
Employers in Wyoming must pay tipped workers a cash wage of at least $2.13/hr, and tips must bring total pay to at least $7.25/hr. Figures as of July 1, 2026 (US DOL).
Can my Wyoming employer take a tip credit?＋
Yes, up to $5.12/hr — but only if your tips actually cover the gap. If they don't, the employer must make up the difference.
What if my tips don't reach the full minimum wage?＋
Federal law (FLSA) requires your employer to make up the difference whenever cash wage + tips falls below the applicable minimum wage for the pay period. Track every shift so you can prove a shortfall.
Can a Wyoming city set its own tipped wage?＋
Wyoming's state minimum wage is $5.15, below the federal floor, so every employer covered by the FLSA pays the federal $7.25 with a $2.13 cash wage instead.
Source: U.S. DOL Wage and Hour Division (July 1, 2026). Federal floor: $2.13 cash / $7.25 total. Not legal advice — local ordinances (city minimum wages) may set higher rates.
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