Many states use the federal minimum wage of $2.13:
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Texas
- Georgia
- Nebraska
- Utah
- Indiana
- North Carolina
- Virginia
- Kansas
- Oklahoma
- Wyoming
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Louisiana
- Tennessee
Several states require employers to pay a minimum wage regardless of tips. These states include:
- Alaska ($10.34)
- Montana ($4.00 for small businesses, $8.75 for large businesses)
- Washington ($13.69)
- California ($13.00 for small businesses, $14.00 for large businesses)
- Nevada ($8.25 if the employee does not receive health insurance, $7.25 for others)
- Minnesota ($8.21 for small businesses, $10.08 for large businesses)
- Oregon ($11.25)
The majority of states set a minimum wage for tipped employees:
- Arizona ($9.15)
- Iowa ($4.35)
- North Dakota ($4.86)
- Arkansas ($2.63)
- Maine ($6.08)
- Ohio ($4.40, but only large companies)
- Colorado ($9.30)
- Maryland ($3.63)
- Pennsylvania ($2.83)
- Connecticut ($6.38, $8.23 for bartenders)
- Massachusetts ($5.55)
- Rhode Island ($3.89)
- Delaware ($2.23)
- Michigan ($3.67)
- South Dakota ($4.65)
- D.C. ($5.00)
- Missouri ($5.15)
- Vermont ($5.48)
- Florida ($5.63)
- New Hampshire ($3.26)
- West Virginia ($2.33)
- Hawaii ($9.35)
- New Jersey ($4.13)
- Wisconsin ($2.33)
- Idaho ($3.35)
- New Mexico ($2.55)
- Illinois ($6.60)
- New York ($8.35 food workers, $10.40 other tipped employees)
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