2019 Utah Tipped Minimum Wage
The 2019 Utah Tipped Minimum Wage is $2.13.
Effective 2019-01-01Source: Wage Claim (Utah Labor Commission, Utah Antidiscrimination and Labor Division)Verified 2026-09-01
Compared with 2018
Every figure on this page is unchanged from 2018.
| Item | 2018 | 2019 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum cash wage | $2.13 | $2.13 | +$0 (+0.0%) |
Who it applies to
Employers and tipped employees in Utah subject to the Utah Minimum Wage Act.
What changed this year, and why
The 2019 tipped minimum cash wage in Utah was $2.13 per hour for employees who receive tips.
Common questions
- What was the tipped minimum wage in Utah in 2019?
- In 2019, employers in Utah could pay tipped employees a minimum cash wage of $2.13 per hour. The employer must ensure that the cash wage plus tips received together equal at least the full minimum wage.
Who counts as a tipped employee
In Utah, a worker counts as a tipped employee if they receive tips totaling at least $30 per month. This threshold appears in Utah's own administrative rules: if your tips fall short of that amount in a typical month, you are not classified as a tipped employee and your employer must pay you the full $7.25 minimum wage. Once you regularly receive tips of $30 or more, your employer may pay you a cash wage as low as $2.13 per hour, provided that your tips plus that cash wage together reach at least the $7.25 minimum. The definition exists to distinguish workers whose jobs genuinely depend on tips from those who only occasionally receive them, ensuring the reduced cash wage is reserved for employees whose compensation is actually tipped in nature.
Employees receiving tips of at least $30.00 per month may be paid a cash wage of $2.13 per hour, if the total of the cash wage and the tips total at least $7.25 per hour.
Wage Claim (Utah Labor Commission, Utah Antidiscrimination and Labor Division)
How each figure was verified
Each number below was read from a stored copy of the document named beside it, and checked to occur word for word in the quoted sentence. The digest is of that stored text.
Wage Claim (Utah Labor Commission, Utah Antidiscrimination and Labor Division)
- Minimum cash wage
Employees receiving tips of at least $30.00 per month may be paid a cash wage of $2.13 per hour
Other years
Every Utah Tipped Minimum Wage year · Tipped Minimum Wage in every state