# Florida tipped minimum wage 2026

In Florida the minimum wage is $15.00 an hour, and an employer can pay a tipped employee a cash wage as low as $11.98, counting up to $3.02 an hour of tips toward the rest. If tips fall short in a workweek, the employer pays the difference.

Check your own week with the free [calculator on this page](https://rulecost.com/paycheck/tipped-minimum-wage/florida/), prefilled with Florida's rates.

- Minimum wage: $15.00 / hour
- Lowest cash wage for tipped employees: $11.98 / hour
- Maximum tip credit: $3.02 / hour
- Tipped employee: more than $30 a month in tips

Florida rose from $14.00 ($10.98 tipped) to $15.00 ($11.98 tipped) on September 30, 2026, the last of the $1 steps voters approved in 2020. Inflation adjustments resume after that: the state calculates the first one on September 30, 2027 and it takes effect on January 1, 2028 (Florida Constitution, Art. X, §24(c)). The tip credit stays fixed at $3.02.

## 2027

No change in 2027. Florida stays at $15.00 ($11.98 tipped) all year; its next inflation adjustment takes effect on January 1, 2028. Source: https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Constitution

## Not paid the minimum wage?

The U.S. Department of Labor lists the [Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation](https://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/) as Florida's labor office. Federal complaints: Wage and Hour Division, 1-866-487-9243.

## Sources

- [Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped), U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
- [State Minimum Wage Laws](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state), U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
- [Fact Sheet #15: Tipped Employees Under the FLSA](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/15-tipped-employees-flsa), U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division