Ohio tipped minimum wage 2026
The Ohio tipped cash wage is $5.50 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 $11.00 per hour for every workweek. [DOL Tipped][OH 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 Ohio minimum of $11.00 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
DOL: $11.00 for employers with annual gross receipts over $405,000; $7.25 below that threshold Ohio: The $11.00 rate applies to businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $405,000. Employees of smaller businesses, and 14 and 15 year olds, stay on the federal $7.25.