2024 Utah Tipped Minimum Wage
The 2024 Utah Tipped Minimum Wage is $2.13.
Effective 2024-01-01Source: Wage Claim (Utah Labor Commission, Utah Antidiscrimination and Labor Division)Verified 2026-09-01
Compared with 2023
Every figure on this page is unchanged from 2023.
| Item | 2023 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum cash wage | $2.13 | $2.13 | +$0 (+0.0%) |
Who it applies to
Employers in Utah who pay tipped employees.
What changed this year, and why
Utah's 2024 minimum cash wage for tipped employees is $2.13 per hour.
Common questions
- What is the tipped minimum wage in Utah for 2024?
- In 2024, employers may pay tipped employees a minimum cash wage of $2.13 per hour, provided that the cash wage plus tips received together meet or exceed the full minimum wage. If the combined amount falls short, the employer must pay the difference.
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Who counts as a tipped employee
Under Utah law, a tipped employee is someone who receives tips in addition to their base wage. According to the Utah Minimum Wage Act and administrative rules for enforcing it, individuals earning tips may be paid a lower cash wage than the standard minimum wage, but only if their tips combined with that base pay reach at least the full minimum wage. The document specifies that employees receiving tips of at least $30.00 per month qualify for this arrangement. For Utah workers, this means if you regularly receive tips as part of your job and those tips total $30 or more each month, your employer may pay you the reduced cash wage of $2.13 per hour instead of the full minimum wage, provided your total earnings meet or exceed the minimum wage threshold.
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)
What a tip credit is, and the cash wage underneath it
A tip credit allows employers in Utah to pay tipped workers less than the full minimum wage, with the assumption that tips will make up the difference. The cash wage underneath this credit is $2.13 per hour. For Utah employees, this means your employer can pay you $2.13 per hour as your direct wage, counting on your tips to bring your total earnings up to at least the minimum wage. However, if your tips combined with the $2.13 cash wage do not equal the full minimum wage for the hours you worked, your employer is required to pay you the difference. This protects Utah tipped workers from earning less than minimum wage even when their tips fall short in a given pay period.
Tipped employees (adults and minors) may be paid $2.13 per hour, but only so long as the tips they earn, in addition to the base wage paid, combined are equal to or exceed the minimum wage.
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