# Michigan tipped minimum wage 2026

In Michigan the minimum wage is $13.73 an hour, and an employer can pay a tipped employee a cash wage as low as $5.49, counting up to $8.24 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/michigan/), prefilled with Michigan's rates.

- Minimum wage: $13.73 / hour
- Lowest cash wage for tipped employees: $5.49 / hour
- Maximum tip credit: $8.24 / hour

Michigan’s minimum wage is scheduled to rise to $15.00 on January 1, 2027, and the tipped cash wage rises with it.

## 2027

On January 1, 2027, Michigan's minimum wage rises to $15.00 an hour, and the tipped cash wage to $6.30 (a tip credit of up to $8.70). The tipped wage is a share of the minimum wage that rises every year under the 2025 law: 42% in 2027, then 44%, 46% and 48%, reaching 50% in 2031. Source: https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2025-SFA-0008-N.pdf

## Not paid the minimum wage?

The U.S. Department of Labor lists the [Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity](https://www.michigan.gov/leo) as Michigan'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