# New Jersey tipped minimum wage 2026

In New Jersey the minimum wage is $15.92 an hour, and an employer can pay a tipped employee a cash wage as low as $6.05, counting up to $9.87 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/new-jersey/), prefilled with New Jersey's rates.

- Minimum wage: $15.92 / hour
- Lowest cash wage for tipped employees: $6.05 / hour
- Maximum tip credit: $9.87 / hour
- Tipped employee: more than $30 a month in tips

Seasonal employers and employers with fewer than six employees have a lower $15.23 minimum wage.

## 2027

On January 1, 2027, New Jersey's minimum wage rises to $16.48 an hour, and the tipped cash wage to $6.61 (a tip credit of up to $9.87). Seasonal employers and employers with fewer than six employees move to $16.25. Source: https://www.nj.gov/labor/lwdhome/press/2026/20260929_min_wage.shtml

## Not paid the minimum wage?

The U.S. Department of Labor lists the [New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development](https://www.nj.gov/labor/) as New Jersey'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