Utah Minimum Wage 2026
Figure basis: Official Utah Labor CommissionUtah's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour in 2026, matching the federal minimum. This Utah 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 Utah 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 Utah Labor Commission; the pay calculation is simply hours times the rate.
Utah'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 Utah 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 Utah income tax, Social Security and Medicare. Your take-home pay is lower; see our Utah paycheck calculator for the after-tax amount.
Why Utah's floor is bolted to the federal minimum
Utah's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, the same as the federal minimum since July 24, 2009. What makes Utah unusual is that this alignment is written into law: the Utah Minimum Wage Act caps the state rate at the federal level by statute, so Utah cannot rise above $7.25 unless Congress moves first. That is a deliberate policy choice, and it means the annual gross for a full-time worker (2,080 hours) has sat at $15,080 before tax for more than sixteen years while prices climbed.
Utah's tipped rules follow the federal model exactly: a $2.13 cash wage, a $5.12 tip credit, and the federal $30-a-month tip threshold. If cash plus tips do not reach $7.25 in a given week, the employer must cover the shortfall. Neighboring states tell a different story: Colorado and Arizona both index their minimums to inflation and sit well above the federal floor, so a worker crossing a state line can see a real jump in pay.
A common mistake is to assume a Utah city can set its own higher minimum. It cannot: state law preempts local minimum-wage ordinances, so the single $7.25 figure applies statewide from Logan to St. George. Use the calculator to turn that rate, or your actual pay, into weekly, monthly, annual and overtime figures.
Utah minimum wage: frequently asked questions
What is the minimum wage in Utah in 2026?
Utah'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 Utah per year?
At Utah'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 Utah's minimum wage going up?
Utah 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 Utah Labor Commission.
What is the tipped minimum wage in Utah?
Utah 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 Utah tipped minimum wage calculator for the full breakdown.
Is Utah's minimum wage higher than the federal minimum wage?
No. The rate that applies in Utah 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
- Utah 2026 minimum wage rate: Utah Labor Commission, 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. Under the Utah Minimum Wage Act, the state minimum wage is capped at the federal rate by statute.