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Wyoming tipped minimum wage
What employers must pay
In Wyoming, the minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. An employer can pay a tipped employee as little as $2.13 an hour in cash, as long as tips bring the total to at least $7.25. The difference, $5.12, is the tip credit.
Wyoming law sets only $5.15 ($2.13 cash for tipped workers), but employers covered by federal wage law, which is most of them, must pay the federal $7.25.
Who counts as a tipped employee: more than $30 a month in tips.
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 Wyoming minimum wage is scheduled. The federal rate that applies here changes only if Congress changes it.
Tip pooling and service charges
Wyoming has no tip pooling rule of its own, so federal rules apply: if the employer takes a tip credit, a mandatory pool may include only employees who customarily get tips. Employers, managers and supervisors may not keep tips or take from the pool.
Overtime
Wyoming has no general overtime law of its own, so the federal rule applies: 1.5 times the regular rate after 40 hours a week, figured on the full $7.25, not the $2.13 cash wage.
Taxes on your tips
Wyoming 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 Wyoming'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 Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Labor Standards: how to file. You can also call the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, at 1-866-487-9243.
