Wyoming Tipped Minimum Wage 2026
Figure basis: Official Wyoming Department of Workforce ServicesWyoming lets employers pay tipped workers a cash wage of $2.13 an hour and take a tip credit of up to $5.12, as long as tips bring total pay to at least the $7.25 minimum wage. This Wyoming tipped minimum wage calculator shows what that means in practice. Enter your average tips per hour and your weekly hours, and it works out whether your tips clear the tip credit, whether your employer owes you a top-up to reach the $7.25 minimum, and your effective hourly, weekly and yearly pay. A tip credit lets an employer pay a lower direct cash wage and count part of your tips toward the regular minimum wage, but it can never leave you below the minimum: if tips fall short in a given week, the law requires the employer to make up the difference. The cash wage, tip credit and minimum wage used here are the 2026 figures for Wyoming, sourced from the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services. Tips you earn above the minimum are always yours to keep.
Wyoming tipped workers get a cash wage of $2.13/hr, with up to a $5.12 tip credit toward the $7.25 minimum wage.
How the Wyoming tipped wage and tip credit work
cash wage = $2.13/hr (paid by employer)
total before top-up = cash wage + your tips per hour
if total < $7.25: employer tops up to $7.25
effective pay = greater of (cash + tips) and $7.25
These are gross figures before tax. Tips are taxable income and must be reported. For your after-tax pay, see the Wyoming paycheck calculator, and for the regular rate the Wyoming minimum wage calculator.
How a Wyoming server confirms tips clear the $7.25 floor
Wyoming runs its tipped-wage rules entirely on the federal model. The state's own statutory minimum is still $5.15 an hour, a relic of the 1997 federal rate, but any employer covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (nearly all of them) has to reach $7.25. So the tipped cash wage that actually applies is the federal $2.13 an hour, and the tip credit an employer may claim is $5.12, the gap between $2.13 and $7.25.
Because the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services adds no state-specific tipped wage on top, the whole burden of reaching the minimum falls on tips. A server on the $2.13 cash wage needs at least $5.12 an hour in tips, averaged across the week, simply to hit $7.25. Anything above that is genuinely yours to keep; fall below it, and the employer must make up the shortfall in cash.
To confirm you are made whole, total your tips for the week, add your $2.13 cash wages, and divide by the hours you worked. If that number lands under $7.25, a top-up is owed. Wyoming sets no city or county minimum, so the same test applies whether you work in Cheyenne or a small town off the interstate. Keep a personal tip record, then enter your actual tips and hours above to see the effective hourly, weekly and yearly figures and any top-up due.
Wyoming tipped minimum wage: frequently asked questions
What is the tipped minimum wage in Wyoming in 2026?
In Wyoming, the minimum cash wage for tipped employees is $2.13 an hour in 2026. Employers may count up to $5.12 an hour of tips (the "tip credit") toward the $7.25 minimum wage. If an employee's cash wage plus tips does not average at least $7.25 an hour, the employer must pay the difference.
Does Wyoming allow a tip credit?
Yes. Wyoming allows employers to take a tip credit of up to $5.12 an hour, meaning the direct cash wage can be as low as $2.13 an hour provided tips make up the rest to $7.25. The federal tip-credit floor is a $2.13 cash wage.
What happens if my tips do not reach minimum wage in Wyoming?
Your employer must make up the shortfall. In any week where your cash wage of $2.13 plus your tips does not average at least $7.25 an hour, Wyoming and federal law require the employer to top your pay up to $7.25. You should never earn less than the full minimum wage once tips are counted.
How much does a tipped worker make in Wyoming?
It depends on tips, but here is a worked example: a server working 30 hours a week and averaging $12.00 an hour in tips. Cash wage $2.13 plus $12.00 tips is $14.13 an hour, which is above the $7.25 minimum, so the effective rate is $14.13 an hour, about $423.90 a week or $22,042.80 a year before tax. Use the calculator with your own tips and hours.
Is the tip credit the same as the tipped wage?
No, they are two sides of the same figure. The "tipped minimum wage" (or tipped cash wage) is what the employer pays directly: $2.13 in Wyoming. The "tip credit" is how much of your tips the employer is allowed to count toward the regular minimum wage: $5.12 in Wyoming. Cash wage plus tip credit equals the $7.25 minimum wage.
Official sources
- Wyoming 2026 tipped and minimum wage figures: Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, as at July 11, 2026.
- Federal tip credit and the $2.13 cash-wage floor: 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. Wyoming's statutory tipped cash wage is $2.13; cash plus tips must reach the applicable minimum ($7.25 federal for FLSA-covered employers).