New York tipped minimum wage 2026
The New York tipped cash wage is $11.00 per hour. Employers may take a tip credit of up to $5.50 per hour, provided the worker's cash wage plus tips reaches the state minimum of $16.50 per hour for every workweek. [DOL Tipped][NY labor dept.]
Cash wage and tip credit
When tips fall short
If a worker's cash wage plus reported tips do not average to the New York minimum of $16.50 per hour over a workweek, the employer must pay the shortfall. The Tip Credit Checker tool runs the math at /tools/tip-credit. Under the 2021 DOL final rule, time spent on non-tip-producing work above 20 percent of the shift (or 30 continuous minutes) must be paid at the full minimum, not the tip-credited rate. [DOL FS-15]
Background
S.4006/A.3006-C (2023) sets New York City, Long Island, and Westchester at $16.50 in 2026 and the rest of the state at $15.50. CPI-W indexing begins 2027. Food-service tipped cash wage is two-thirds of the area minimum. The 2024 Hospitality Wage Order updated tipped credits.