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

State minimum wage

Texas minimum wage

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

  • The Texas minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, set by state law effective .
  • No increase is currently scheduled in Texas.
  • 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.
  • Texas 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
Texas Labor Code 62.0515 (Acts 2003, ch. 461, eff. 2003-09-01): the state minimum wage 'supersedes a wage established in an ordinance, order, or charter provision governing wages in private...

Coverage, exemptions, and history

Who is covered. Texas Labor Code 62.051 requires employers to pay 'the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair Labor Standards Act' (currently $7.25). The state act does....

Tipped employees. Texas Labor Code 62.052: tipped wage determined per FLSA Section 3(m) (federal $2.13 cash wage); 'tipped employee' = customarily and regularly receives more than $20/month in tips. TWC: employers...

Recent history. Since 2001 the state act simply adopts the federal rate; the last change was the federal step to $7.25 on 2009-07-24 (TWC: 'The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. (Effective July 24, 2009)').

Statute text fetched from texas.public.law (mirror of the official code, verified current through 2025-05-26) because statutes.capitol.texas.gov did not return section text to an automated fetch.

Statute. Texas Labor Code Chapter 62 (Texas Minimum Wage Act): 62.051, 62.052, 62.0515, 62.151.

Common questions

What is the minimum wage in Texas?

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

When does the Texas minimum wage go up next?

No increase is scheduled.

What is the tipped minimum wage in Texas?

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

Do any cities in Texas have a higher minimum wage?

No. State law preempts local minimum wage ordinances.

Sources

  1. https://www.twc.texas.gov/programs/wage-and-hour/texas-minimum-wage-law 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://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._labor_code_section_62.051
  5. https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._labor_code_section_62.052
  6. https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._labor_code_section_62.0515
  7. https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._labor_code_section_62.151

Checked 2026-09-02 against Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), Labor Law; researcher confidence 0.92.