Wisconsin tipped minimum wage 2026
The Wisconsin tipped cash wage is $2.33 per hour. Employers may take a tip credit of up to $4.92 per hour, provided the worker's cash wage plus tips reaches the state minimum of $7.25 per hour for every workweek. [DOL Tipped][WI 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 Wisconsin minimum of $7.25 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
Wis. Stat. section 104.035 mirrors the FLSA rate of $7.25. Opportunity wage of $5.90 allowed for workers under 20 during the first 90 consecutive calendar days. Local-ordinance authority limited by 2017 Wisconsin Act 327.