2026 Wyoming Tipped Minimum Wage
The 2026 Wyoming Tipped Minimum Wage is $2.13.
Effective 2026-01-01Source: Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees (DOL)Verified 2026-08-30
Who it applies to
Employers of tipped employees in Wyoming. The cash wage is the part of the minimum wage the employer pays directly. The rest may be met by the employee's tips, up to the maximum tip credit the same row of the table states, and the table sets out separately how much an employee must receive in tips to count as a tipped employee at all.
What changed this year, and why
The Wage and Hour Division's table of minimum wages for tipped employees, in the version last revised July 1, 2026, gives $2.13 per hour as the minimum cash wage an employer may pay a tipped employee in Wyoming. The table carries only its own revision date and never dates the rate, so this page reports the figure as in force as of that revision rather than claiming an effective date no document states.
Common questions
- What is the tipped minimum wage in Wyoming in 2026?
- $2.13 per hour in cash wages. That is what the Department of Labor's table of minimum wages for tipped employees, last revised July 1, 2026, gives as the minimum cash wage for a tipped employee in Wyoming. Tips make up the remainder of the applicable minimum wage, up to the maximum tip credit stated in the same row.
- What if tips do not bring the employee up to the full minimum wage?
- The employer pays the difference. A tip credit is a credit against the minimum wage the employer already owes, not a lower wage in its own right, so an employee whose cash wage and tips together fall short of the applicable minimum wage is owed the shortfall in wages.
- Where does the figure on this page come from?
- From Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees, the table the Wage and Hour Division publishes by state, in the version last revised July 1, 2026. The row it was read from is quoted on this page, and the snapshot it was verified against is the one captured for this record.
Every amount on this page is a published figure rather than yours. The Tips needed per hour takes the number you enter and works it out against them, showing which published figure it used.
Who counts as a tipped employee
In Wyoming, you count as a tipped employee under federal law if the job you do is one where you customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a month in tips. It does not matter whether your employer pays you the full minimum wage or takes a tip credit; the definition is the same. If your tips in a given month fall below $30, or if the tips you get are irregular or incidental rather than a regular part of the occupation, you are not a tipped employee for that work and your employer must pay you the full minimum wage without using a tip credit. Only the tips you actually receive are counted when deciding whether you meet this threshold.
Under the FLSA, a tipped employee is an employee engaged in an occupation in which they customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a month in tips.
Fact Sheet #15: Tipped Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (DOL)
What a tip credit is, and the cash wage underneath it
In Wyoming, your employer must pay you at least $2.13 per hour in direct cash wages if it wants to use a tip credit. The tip credit is the difference between that cash wage and the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, which means the maximum credit an employer can claim is $5.12 per hour. This system lets employers count a portion of the tips you receive toward their minimum wage obligation, but you must still receive at least $2.13 per hour directly from your employer. The tip credit only applies to tips you actually receive, not to estimated or projected tips.
An employer must pay a tipped worker at least $2.13 per hour under the FLSA. An employer can take an FLSA tip credit equal to the difference between the direct wage, or the cash wage it pays directly to the tipped employee, and the federal minimum wage, which is currently $7.25 per hour. The maximum tip credit that an employer can currently claim is $5.12 per hour: ($7.25 - $2.13 direct (or cash) wage = $5.12).
Fact Sheet #15: Tipped Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (DOL)
When the tips do not get you to the minimum wage
In Wyoming, the federal tip credit rule means your employer can pay you a cash wage of $2.13 per hour and count your tips toward the full minimum wage obligation. The tip credit equals the difference between that cash wage and the federal minimum wage. Your employer must verify each workweek that your cash wages plus your tips add up to at least the federal minimum wage. If they fall short in any workweek, your employer must pay the difference out of pocket. The tip credit is only available if your employer has given you the required notice beforehand. This guarantee applies to every individual workweek, so a slow week cannot be averaged out with a busy one.
If an employee’s tips combined with the employer’s direct (or cash) wages do not equal the minimum hourly wage of $7.25 per hour in each workweek, the employer must make up the difference.
Fact Sheet #15: Tipped Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (DOL)
The notice an employer owes you before it takes the credit
In Wyoming, your employer must give you specific information before it can use a tip credit to pay you less than the full minimum wage. This notice must include the cash wage the employer will pay you, the tip credit amount it will claim, confirmation that the credit cannot exceed your actual tips, and notice of your tip pooling rights. The notice can be oral or written, but it must happen before the employer takes the credit. If your employer fails to provide this information, it cannot claim the tip credit at all and must pay you the full minimum wage. This protects you from surprise deductions and ensures you understand how your wages are calculated.
An employer that fails to provide the required information cannot take the section 3(m)(2)(A) tip credit.
Fact Sheet #15: Tipped Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (DOL)
When state law gives more than the federal rule
Wyoming employers must follow whichever rule—state or federal—gives you the most protection. If Wyoming law requires a higher cash wage than $2.13 per hour or prohibits tip credits entirely, your employer must follow that stricter standard instead of the federal rule. The federal law sets a floor, not a ceiling. When state and federal rules conflict, you get the benefit of whichever one pays you more or restricts your employer more. This means your actual wage rights depend on both layers of law, and the more protective one always applies.
When state law differs from the federal FLSA, an employer must comply with the standard most protective to employees.
Fact Sheet #15: Tipped Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (DOL)
Your employer, your manager and your supervisor may not keep your tips
In Wyoming, your employer, your manager, and your supervisor cannot keep any part of your tips, regardless of whether the employer takes a tip credit. This rule applies even if the employer pays you the full minimum wage and claims no tip credit at all. Your tips belong to you, not to the business or to management. The employer cannot require you to hand over your tips or share them with supervisors. This protection exists to prevent employers from using their position to take money that customers intended for you.
Regardless of whether an employer takes a tip credit, the FLSA prohibits employers from keeping any portion of employees’ tips for any purpose, whether directly or through a tip pool.
Fact Sheet #15: Tipped Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (DOL)
Which tip pools you can be made to join
In Wyoming, if your employer takes a tip credit, it can only require you to share your tips with other employees who work in occupations where they customarily and regularly receive tips. This is called a traditional tip pool. Eligible participants include servers, bussers, bartenders, bellhops, and counter staff who serve customers. The employer cannot include dishwashers, cooks, or other back-of-house workers in the pool if it is using a tip credit. The employer also cannot take any portion of the pooled tips for itself. This rule ensures that tip credits are only used when tips flow among workers who depend on them as part of their regular compensation.
An employer that takes a tip credit can require tipped employees to contribute tips only to a tip pool which is limited to employees in occupations in which they customarily and regularly receive tips, such as waiters, bellhops, counter personnel (who serve customers), bussers, and service bartenders.
Fact Sheet #15: Tipped Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (DOL)
Doing two jobs for one employer
In Wyoming, if you work two different jobs for the same employer—one where you receive tips and one where you do not—you are only considered a tipped employee for the job where you customarily and regularly receive at least $30 a month in tips. Your employer cannot take a tip credit for the hours you work in the non-tipped job. For example, if you work as a maintenance person and also serve as a server, the tip credit applies only to your server hours. For your maintenance hours, your employer must pay you the full minimum wage without using a tip credit. This prevents employers from applying tip credits to work that does not generate tips.
In such a situation the employee, if they customarily and regularly receive at least $30 a month in tips for their work as a server, is a tipped employee only with respect to their employment as a server.
Fact Sheet #15: Tipped Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (DOL)
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.
Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees (DOL)
- Minimum cash wage
Wyoming 14 $7.25 $5.12 $2.13 More than $30
Other years
- 2026
Every Wyoming Tipped Minimum Wage year · Tipped Minimum Wage in every state