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New Hampshire tipped minimum wage
What employers must pay
In New Hampshire, the minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. An employer can pay a tipped employee as little as $3.27 an hour in cash, as long as tips bring the total to at least $7.25. The difference, $3.98, is the tip credit.
New Hampshire uses the federal $7.25 minimum; tipped workers in restaurants, hotels, motels, inns and cabins get at least 45 percent of it.
Who counts as a tipped employee: more than $30 a month in tips directly from customers.
If your cash wage plus tips comes up short of $7.25 an hour in a workweek, your employer has to make up the difference.
What changes next
No change to the New Hampshire minimum wage is scheduled. New Hampshire follows the federal minimum, so the rate changes only if Congress changes it.
Tip pooling and service charges
Tips belong to the employee who receives them. Tip pooling or sharing must be voluntary: the employer may help run a pool but may not require or pressure anyone to join. Pool members may agree to share with other employees regardless of job category.
Overtime
Time and a half after 40 hours in a week. Tipped overtime is figured on the full $7.25 minimum, not the $3.27 cash wage.
Taxes on your tips
New Hampshire does not tax wage income, so there is no state income tax on your tips. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply. The federal tip deduction can cut the income tax part: see how the No Tax on Tips deduction works.
Check a week's pay
Enter one workweek to see whether your cash wage plus tips reached New Hampshire's minimum of $7.25 an hour.
You reached the minimum this week.
You came up short. Your employer owes you at least
If you are underpaid
Start by comparing your pay stubs with your own record of hours and tips. If the numbers don't add up, you can file a complaint with the New Hampshire Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division: how to file. You can also call the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, at 1-866-487-9243.
