What is Denver's minimum wage?

Denver sets its own local minimum above the Colorado state rate. This tool uses $18.29 per hour as the Denver minimum. Colorado's statewide minimum is lower, so Denver employers must pay the higher city rate.

How is overtime calculated in Colorado?

Colorado requires overtime at 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a week, over 12 in a day, or over 12 consecutive hours. This tool applies the weekly 40-hour threshold, the most common case.

What is the tipped minimum wage?

Colorado allows a tip credit of up to $3.02 per hour, so a tipped worker's direct cash wage can be the minimum minus $3.02. In Denver that floor is about $15.27 per hour, provided tips bring total pay to at least the full minimum.

Does this include taxes?

No. The figures are gross pay before federal, state, FICA, and any local withholding. Net take-home pay will be lower after deductions.

What if I worked exactly 40 hours?

At 40 hours or fewer there is no overtime; all hours are paid at your regular rate. Overtime begins only on the 41st hour in the week under the weekly rule used here.

Denver Minimum Wage & Overtime Calculator

This calculator computes gross weekly pay using Denver’s local minimum wage and Colorado’s overtime rules, including the tip-credit floor that applies to tipped workers.

How it works

Pay splits at the 40-hour weekly overtime threshold:

regular hours  = min(hours, 40)
overtime hours = max(hours − 40, 0)
regular pay    = regular hours × wage
overtime pay   = overtime hours × wage × 1.5
gross          = regular pay + overtime pay

For tipped workers, Colorado permits a tip credit of up to $3.02/hr, so the direct cash wage floor in Denver is the $18.29 minimum minus $3.02, about $15.27/hr — but tips must top this up to the full minimum.

Example and tips

A worker logging 46 hours at $18.29 earns 40 × $18.29 = $731.60 in regular pay plus 6 × $27.44 = $164.61 in overtime, for $896.21 gross. Note that overtime is calculated on the actual regular rate, so a wage above the minimum produces proportionally higher overtime. The tipped floor only applies if recorded tips reliably bring total hourly pay to the full $18.29; otherwise the employer must make up the difference.