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

State minimum wage

Utah minimum wage

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

  • The Utah minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, set by state law effective .
  • No increase is currently scheduled in Utah.
  • Tipped employees must be paid at least $2.13 in cash, with a tip credit of up to $5.12.
  • A youth or training wage of $4.25 applies: Labor Commission: 'an employer may pay a minor $4.25 per hour during the first 90 days of their employment' (minors under 18; Utah Code 34-40-103 authorizes separate minor rates)..
  • At $7.25 an hour, full-time work (2,080 hours) pays $15,080 a year before taxes.
  • Utah law bars cities and counties from setting their own minimum wage.

Tipped cash wage

$2.13
Tip credit up to $5.12

Youth / training

$4.25
Labor Commission: 'an employer may pay a minor $4.25 per hour during the first 90 days of their employment' (minors under 18; Utah Code 34-40-103 authorizes separate minor rates).

Next change

None scheduled
Set by statute; no indexing

Local rates

Preempted
Utah Code 34-40-106(1): 'A city, town, or county may not establish, mandate, or require a minimum wage that exceeds the federal minimum wage'; also bars contractor wage mandates and procurement...

Coverage, exemptions, and history

Who is covered. Labor Commission: 'The minimum wage in Utah is $7.25 per hour.' Utah Code 34-40-103 lets the Commission set the rate by rule (R610-1) but it 'may not exceed....

Tipped employees. Labor Commission: 'Tipped employees (adults and minors) may be paid $2.13 per hour, but only' if tips plus cash wage equal at least $7.25 (Utah Code 34-40-104; R610-1). Tipped employee = more than...

Recent history. Statute sets a $3.35 floor (1990) and delegates the rate to the Commission, capped at the federal rate; the Commission's rule has tracked the federal $7.25 since 2009.

Utah Code text was fetched from FindLaw because le.utah.gov is a JavaScript app; R610-1 itself could not be fetched (adminrules.utah.gov and the old rules.utah.gov URL both failed), so the $7.25/$2.13/$4.25 figures rest on the Labor Commission page plus DOL.

Statute. Utah Minimum Wage Act, Utah Code 34-40-101 et seq.

Common questions

What is the minimum wage in Utah?

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

When does the Utah minimum wage go up next?

No increase is scheduled.

What is the tipped minimum wage in Utah?

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

Do any cities in Utah have a higher minimum wage?

No. State law preempts local minimum wage ordinances.

Sources

  1. https://laborcommission.utah.gov/divisions/utah-antidiscrimination-and-labor-uald/wage-claim/ official
  2. https://laborcommission.utah.gov/laws-regulations/uald-laws-regulations/ official
  3. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state official
  4. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped official
  5. https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-34-labor-in-general/ut-code-sect-34-40-103.html
  6. https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-34-labor-in-general/ut-code-sect-34-40-104.html
  7. https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-34-labor-in-general/ut-code-sect-34-40-106.html

Checked 2026-09-02 against Utah Labor Commission, Utah Antidiscrimination and Labor Division (UALD); researcher confidence 0.88.