Current Minimum Wage
Kansas minimum wage$7.25since January 1, 2010

State minimum wage

Kansas minimum wage

$7.25 an hour as of September 2, 2026. Tipped cash wage $2.13.

  • The Kansas minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, set by state law effective .
  • No increase is currently scheduled in Kansas.
  • Tipped employees must be paid at least $2.13 in cash, with a tip credit of up to $5.12.
  • At $7.25 an hour, full-time work (2,080 hours) pays $15,080 a year before taxes.
  • Kansas law bars cities and counties from setting their own minimum wage.

Tipped cash wage

$2.13
Tip credit up to $5.12

Youth / training

None
No sub-minimum youth or training rate found on the state page.

Next change

None scheduled
Set by statute; no indexing

Local rates

Preempted
K.S.A. 12-16,130: no city, county or local government unit may require an employer to pay wages at any rate higher than the minimum wage unless required by state or federal law.

Coverage, exemptions, and history

Who is covered. Only employers/employees NOT covered by the federal FLSA (K.S.A. 44-1203 'shall not apply to any employers and employees who are covered under the provisions....

Tipped employees. Tipped employees may be paid $2.13/hr provided tips bring them to $7.25; otherwise the employer pays the difference (K.S.A. 44-1203).

Recent history. Kansas raised its state rate from $2.65 to $7.25 effective 2010-01-01; federal $7.25 had applied to FLSA-covered workers since 2009-07-24.

dol.ks.gov returned 403 to every request from this environment, so no agency page is cited; the Revisor's statute text is primary.

Statute. K.S.A. 44-1203 (Kansas Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours Law); preemption at K.S.A. 12-16,130.

Common questions

What is the minimum wage in Kansas?

$7.25 an hour as of September 2, 2026, under state law effective January 1, 2010.

When does the Kansas minimum wage go up next?

No increase is scheduled.

What is the tipped minimum wage in Kansas?

$2.13 in cash plus tips; the employer must make up any shortfall to $7.25.

Do any cities in Kansas have a higher minimum wage?

No. State law preempts local minimum wage ordinances.

Sources

  1. https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch44/044_012_0003.html official
  2. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state official
  3. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped official
  4. https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch12/012_016_0130.html official

Checked 2026-09-02 against Kansas Department of Labor; researcher confidence 0.85.