Idaho Minimum Wage 2026
Figure basis: Official Idaho Department of LaborIdaho's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour in 2026, matching the federal minimum. This Idaho minimum wage calculator turns that hourly rate into the numbers that actually matter to you: weekly, monthly and yearly pay. At $7.25 an hour, someone working a full 40-hour week earns about $290.00 before tax, or roughly $15,080.00 across a full year. Enter your own hours per week and weeks worked to see your gross pay, and edit the rate if you are paid above the minimum. The minimum wage is a floor, not a ceiling: employers can pay more, and some cities in Idaho set their own higher local minimums. Tipped workers can be paid a lower cash wage as long as tips bring them up to the minimum; see the tipped calculator for that. The figure here is the state rate for 2026, sourced directly from the Idaho Department of Labor; the pay calculation is simply hours times the rate.
Idaho's 2026 minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. Full time (40 hrs/week) that is about $290.00 a week and $15,080.00 a year before tax.
How Idaho minimum wage pay is calculated
weekly pay = hourly rate x hours per week
annual pay = hourly rate x hours per week x weeks per year
overtime = hourly rate x 1.5 (hours over 40 in a week, FLSA)
These are gross figures before federal and Idaho income tax, Social Security and Medicare. Your take-home pay is lower; see our Idaho paycheck calculator for the after-tax amount.
Idaho's $7.25 sits next to the country's highest
Idaho has held its minimum wage at $7.25 an hour since 2009, equal to the federal rate and not indexed, so it does not move each January. The sharpest way to understand Idaho's number is by its border. Washington and Oregon, both to the west, run some of the highest and inflation-linked minimum wages in the country, which means a worker who commutes across the state line can see their hourly floor more than double. Inside Idaho, a full-time minimum-wage job pays about $15,080.00 a year before tax.
Idaho does set its own tipped rules. Employers may pay a cash wage of $3.35 an hour, higher than the federal $2.13, and claim a tip credit of up to $3.90, with the employer making up any shortfall to $7.25. Idaho law also allows a training wage of $4.25 an hour for the first 90 days for workers under 20.
State law also bars Idaho cities from setting their own higher local minimums, so unlike states with city-level rates, the $7.25 applies statewide with no local add-ons. The figure is stable, but confirm the current minimum and tipped cash wage with the Idaho Department of Labor before you build them into payroll.
Idaho minimum wage: frequently asked questions
What is the minimum wage in Idaho in 2026?
Idaho's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour in 2026, matching the federal minimum. At $7.25 an hour, a full-time worker (40 hours a week) earns about $290.00 a week and $15,080.00 a year before tax. This rate took effect on July 24, 2009.
How much is full-time minimum wage in Idaho per year?
At Idaho's $7.25 minimum wage, 40 hours a week for 52 weeks is 2,080 hours, which comes to about $15,080.00 a year ($1,256.67 a month) in gross pay before tax and deductions. Part-time hours scale down from there; use the calculator to enter your own hours.
Is Idaho's minimum wage going up?
Idaho does not automatically index its minimum wage to inflation, so it changes only when the law changes. The figure here is the 2026 rate verified with the Idaho Department of Labor.
What is the tipped minimum wage in Idaho?
Idaho lets employers pay tipped workers a lower cash wage of $3.35 an hour and count up to $3.90 of tips toward the minimum (a "tip credit"). If cash wage plus tips does not reach $7.25 an hour, the employer must make up the difference. See our Idaho tipped minimum wage calculator for the full breakdown.
Is Idaho's minimum wage higher than the federal minimum wage?
No. The rate that applies in Idaho is the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour. Where a state and the federal rate differ, workers are entitled to the higher of the two.
Official sources
- Idaho 2026 minimum wage rate: Idaho Department of Labor, as at July 11, 2026.
- Federal minimum wage ($7.25) and overtime rules: US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division.
Reviewed by the CalculatorHub team, edited by James Graham, 11 July 2026. See our methodology. General information, not legal or financial advice. The state minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. Idaho's tipped cash wage is $3.35 (not the federal $2.13), per the Idaho Department of Labor.