Current Minimum Wage
Missouri minimum wage$15.00since January 1, 2026

State minimum wage

Missouri minimum wage

$15.00 an hour as of September 2, 2026. Tipped cash wage $7.50.

  • The Missouri minimum wage is $15.00 an hour, set by state law effective .
  • No increase is currently scheduled in Missouri.
  • Tipped employees must be paid at least $7.50 in cash, with a tip credit of up to $7.50.
  • At $15.00 an hour, full-time work (2,080 hours) pays $31,200 a year before taxes.
  • Missouri law bars cities and counties from setting their own minimum wage.

Tipped cash wage

$7.50
Tip credit up to $7.50

Youth / training

None
No youth or training subminimum found in RSMo 290.500-290.512 as read. Certain workers are excluded from 'employee' (e.g., employed under four months at a resident/day youth camp).

Next change

None scheduled
Set by statute; no indexing

Local rates

Preempted
RSMo 290.528 (as amended by L. 2017 H.B. 1194 & 1193, effective 2017-08-28): no political subdivision shall require an employer to provide a minimum or living wage rate or employment benefits...

Rate tiers

TierRateRule
Retail or service business with annual gross sales under $500,000n/aExcluded from the state minimum wage law's definition of 'employee'; federal FLSA may still apply.

Coverage, exemptions, and history

Who is covered. Employees of covered employers statewide, including public employers (added effective 2025-08-28). Retail or service businesses with annual gross volume sales....

Tipped employees. Employers must pay tipped employees at least 50 percent of the minimum wage ($7.50) plus enough to bring total compensation to $15.00/hour (RSMo 290.512).

Recent history. Prop B (2006) set $6.50 with CPI indexing; Prop B (2018) stepped to $12.00 by 2023; Prop A (2024) set $13.75 on 2025-01-01 and $15.00 on 2026-01-01 with CPI indexing from 2027; H.B. 567 (2025) amended 290.502 effective...

Agency page confirms $15.00 for 2026 and the $7.50 tipped floor. H.B. 567 is also widely reported to have repealed Prop A's paid sick leave; that is outside minimum wage and was not verified here (house.mo.gov bill page returned 404).

Statute. RSMo 290.502 (rate), 290.512 (tipped), 290.500 (definitions), 290.528 (local preemption).

Common questions

What is the minimum wage in Missouri?

$15.00 an hour as of September 2, 2026, under state law effective January 1, 2026.

When does the Missouri minimum wage go up next?

No increase is scheduled.

What is the tipped minimum wage in Missouri?

$7.50 in cash plus tips; the employer must make up any shortfall to $15.00.

Do any cities in Missouri have a higher minimum wage?

No. State law preempts local minimum wage ordinances.

Sources

  1. https://labor.mo.gov/dls/minimum-wage official
  2. https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=290.502 official
  3. https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=290.500 official
  4. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state official
  5. https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=290.512 official
  6. https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=290.528 official
  7. https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=67.1571 official
  8. https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=285.055 official
  9. https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wages

Checked 2026-09-02 against Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards; researcher confidence 0.90.