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Find out your minimum wage and overtime rates:
Non-Tipped Employee Minimum Wage Rate
The restaurant and catering industries are highly competitive, and employees in these industries work hard for their tips. But, employers sometimes unlawfully take a portion of employees’ tips to increase the wages of their other, non-tipped workers or employers keep the tips for their own profits. If an employer takes your tips, it may be a violation of the law. Employers are also required to pay you a minimum hourly wage even if you receive tips. See below for the hourly minimum wage rates for tipped employees.
Minimum Wage for Workers Who Receive Tips
Tipped Food Service Workers - Restaurant/Hospitality Industry
NYC:
Tipped Minimum Wage:
$11.00
Tip Credit:
$5.50
Tipped Overtime Rate:
$19.25
Nassau / Suffolk / Westchester:
Tipped Minimum Wage:
$11.00
Tip Credit:
$5.50
Tipped Overtime Rate:
$19.25
Rest of State (Outside NYC, Nassau, Suffolk & Westchester):
Tipped Minimum Wage:
$10.35
Tip Credit:
$5.15
Tipped Overtime Rate:
$18.10
Tipped Service Employees (Non-Food Service Workers) – Restaurant/Hospitality Industry
NYC:
Tipped Minimum Wage:
$13.75
Tip Credit:
$2.75
Minimum Tip Threshold:
$3.55
Tipped Overtime Rate:
$22.00
Nassau / Suffolk / Westchester:
Tipped Minimum Wage:
$13.75
Tip Credit:
$2.75
Minimum Tip Threshold:
$3.55
Tipped Overtime Rate:
$22.00
Rest of State (Outside NYC, Nassau, Suffolk & Westchester):
Tipped Minimum Wage:
$12.90
Tip Credit:
$2.60
Minimum Tip Threshold:
$3.30
Tipped Overtime Rate:
$20.65
Tipped Food Service Workers - New Jersey Rates
Most NJ Employers:
Tipped Minimum Wage:
$5.62
Tip Credit:
$9.87
Tipped Overtime Rate:
$13.37
Seasonal and Small Employers (fewer than 6 employees):
Tipped Minimum Wage:
$5.62
Tip Credit:
$8.91
Tipped Overtime Rate:
$12.89
