Oklahoma Minimum Wage 2026
Figure basis: Official Oklahoma Department of LaborOklahoma's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour in 2026, matching the federal minimum. This Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma Department of Labor; the pay calculation is simply hours times the rate.
Oklahoma'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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma income tax, Social Security and Medicare. Your take-home pay is lower; see our Oklahoma paycheck calculator for the after-tax amount.
The federal floor, and a ballot measure to watch
Oklahoma is a pure federal-floor state: its Minimum Wage Act pegs the state rate to the federal minimum, so $7.25 an hour is the number employers use, unchanged since it reached that level in 2009. Tipped workers can be paid as little as $2.13 in cash, with tips expected to fill the $5.12 gap up to $7.25 and the employer covering any shortfall. That puts Oklahoma alongside Texas and much of the South, rather than its neighbor Colorado, where the floor sits well above $14.00.
The detail worth flagging is a live one. Organizers qualified State Question 832, a citizen initiative that would raise Oklahoma's minimum in steps toward $15.00 by 2029 and then index it to inflation, for a statewide vote. Depending on when you read this, that vote may be pending or already decided, so the $7.25 figure here could be the last flat year for a while. Until a measure is approved and takes effect, the federal rate still governs, but anyone planning payroll past this year should check the outcome with the Oklahoma Department of Labor.
For now the math is simple: $7.25 an hour is about $290.00 for a 40-hour week and roughly $15,080.00 across a full year before tax. Because Oklahoma does not index its wage, that number stays fixed until either Congress raises the federal floor or state voters act. Use the calculator to model what a phased increase toward $15.00 would do to your own annual pay.
Oklahoma minimum wage: frequently asked questions
What is the minimum wage in Oklahoma in 2026?
Oklahoma'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, 2000.
How much is full-time minimum wage in Oklahoma per year?
At Oklahoma'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 Oklahoma's minimum wage going up?
Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma Department of Labor.
What is the tipped minimum wage in Oklahoma?
Oklahoma lets employers pay tipped workers a lower cash wage of $2.13 an hour and count up to $5.12 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 Oklahoma tipped minimum wage calculator for the full breakdown.
Is Oklahoma's minimum wage higher than the federal minimum wage?
No. The rate that applies in Oklahoma 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
- Oklahoma 2026 minimum wage rate: Oklahoma Department of Labor, as at July 16, 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. Oklahoma's minimum wage statute adopts the federal rate; effective $7.25.