Florida tipped minimum wage 2026
The Florida tipped cash wage is $10.98 per hour. Employers may take a tip credit of up to $3.02 per hour, provided the worker's cash wage plus tips reaches the state minimum of $14.00 per hour for every workweek. [DOL Tipped][FL labor dept.]
Cash wage and tip credit
When tips fall short
If a worker's cash wage plus reported tips do not average to the Florida minimum of $14.00 per hour over a workweek, the employer must pay the shortfall. The Tip Credit Checker tool runs the math at /tools/tip-credit. Under the 2021 DOL final rule, time spent on non-tip-producing work above 20 percent of the shift (or 30 continuous minutes) must be paid at the full minimum, not the tip-credited rate. [DOL FS-15]
Background
Warning: The rate on this row expires on 29 September 2026. Re-pull on 30 September 2026. Constitutional inflation indexing resumes in 2027, after the final $15.00 step on 30 September 2026.