Mississippi Minimum Wage Calculator

💡 Mississippi Wage Law Essentials

• Standard Minimum Rate: Mississippi has no state-specific minimum wage statute. Employers default to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) baseline of $7.25/hour.
• Local Preemption: Under Mississippi state law, cities and counties are legally preempted from setting municipal minimum wage rates above the federal rate.
• Tipped Minimum Cash Wage: Employers may pay an hourly direct cash wage of $2.13/hour and claim up to a $5.12/hour tip credit for employees regularly receiving at least $30/month in tips.
• Tip Shortfall Make-Up: If direct cash pay ($2.13/hr) plus tips average less than $7.25/hr across all hours worked during the week, the employer must make up the difference in cash wages.
• Youth Training Wage: Under federal provisions, workers under 20 years old may be paid a training rate of $4.25/hour for their first 90 consecutive calendar days.
• Overtime Pay: Non-exempt hours exceeding 40 in a workweek must be compensated at 1.5× the regular rate. For tipped workers, the direct cash overtime rate is $(1.5 \times \text{Base Minimum Wage}) - \text{Tip Credit} = \$10.875 - \$5.12 = \$5.755 \approx \$5.76/\text{hour}$.