Current Minimum Wage
Mississippi minimum wage$7.25since July 24, 2009

State minimum wage

Mississippi minimum wage

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

  • The Mississippi minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, set by state law effective .
  • No increase is currently scheduled in Mississippi.
  • 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.
  • Mississippi 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 state provision; federal FLSA youth opportunity wage may apply to FLSA-covered employers (not verified from a Mississippi source).

Next change

None scheduled
Set by statute; no indexing

Local rates

Preempted
2013 House Bill 141 (signed law): 'No county... municipality or governing authority of a municipality is authorized to establish a mandatory, minimum living wage rate, minimum number of vacation or...

Coverage, exemptions, and history

Who is covered. Federal minimum wage for FLSA-covered employers only; DOL: 'No state minimum wage law. Employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act must pay the current....

Tipped employees. Federal FLSA tipped rules apply (no state law).

Recent history. Mississippi has never enacted a state minimum wage; federal rate governs covered employers.

The federal effective date 2009-07-24 is the FLSA date.

Statute. None establishing a state minimum wage.

Common questions

What is the minimum wage in Mississippi?

$7.25 an hour as of September 2, 2026, under state law effective July 24, 2009.

When does the Mississippi minimum wage go up next?

No increase is scheduled.

What is the tipped minimum wage in Mississippi?

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

Do any cities in Mississippi have a higher minimum wage?

No. State law preempts local minimum wage ordinances.

Sources

  1. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state official
  2. https://mdes.ms.gov/employers/ official
  3. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped official
  4. https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0141SG.htm official
  5. https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wages

Checked 2026-09-02 against None (no state minimum wage law and no state wage-and-hour agency); federal FLSA...; researcher confidence 0.88.