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Minimum Wage Calculator

Annual and monthly earnings at a minimum wage, including the tipped case where a lower cash wage is topped up by tips. If tips fall short, the employer has to make up the difference.

Also called: minimum wage annual salary, tipped minimum wage.

Annual earnings at the minimum
$31,200.00

$31,200.00 a year at 15 an hour for 40 hours a week, which is $2,600.00 a month. No tipped wage entered, so the full minimum is paid in cash.

Weekly
$600.00
Monthly
$2,600.00
Tip credit the employer claims
$0.00
Tips needed each week to reach the minimum
$0.00
On tipped work
No tipped wage entered, so the full minimum is paid in cash.
How this is calculated

An estimate, not an offer or a guarantee. Projected returns assume the rate you entered holds for the whole term, which no market does.

Method and background

This is what the calculation gives for the numbers you entered. It is an estimate, not advice, and it knows nothing about your situation beyond those numbers. Rules for United States change on a published schedule; the effective date is shown on every rule-based tool.

How this is calculated

The arithmetic is a multiplication; what makes the page worth having is the tipped case. An employer may pay a lower cash wage and claim a tip credit for the difference, but only if tips actually bring the worker to the full minimum. When they do not, the employer owes the shortfall. The tips needed each week to reach the minimum is shown for exactly that reason.

annual = hourly rate * hours a week * weeks a year
w
Hourly minimum (currency)
h
Hours per week (hours)
k
Weeks per year (weeks)

Worked examples

Each of these is asserted on every build. If a change to the engine ever moved one of these answers, the build would fail before the page could print it.

full-time at fifteen an hour

Minimum wage that applies
15
Hours per week
40
Weeks worked per year
52
Tipped cash wage, if applicable
0

Annual earnings at the minimum$31,200.00

arithmetic identity

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a tipped wage needs tips to close the gap

Minimum wage that applies
15
Hours per week
40
Weeks worked per year
52
Tipped cash wage, if applicable
2.13

Annual earnings at the minimum$31,200.00

boundary: the federal tipped cash wage against a 15 dollar minimum

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part-time hours scale down

Minimum wage that applies
15
Hours per week
20
Weeks worked per year
52
Tipped cash wage, if applicable
0

Annual earnings at the minimum$15,600.00

degenerate case

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Method and limits

What it assumes

  • The same hours every week, with no overtime.

What it deliberately does not model

  • Minimum wages vary by state, city and sometimes employer size, and several are indexed annually. Enter the one that applies.
  • Youth, training and small-employer sub-minimums are not modelled.

Sources

Formula version 1.0.0 · definition 1.0.0 · United States · Report a problem with this calculator

Frequently asked questions

What happens if my tips do not reach the minimum?
The employer must make up the difference. A tip credit is only valid to the extent tips actually close the gap between the cash wage and the full minimum.