Wisconsin sets its minimum wage under Wis. Stat. § 104.02, administered by the Department of Workforce Development. As of 2025 the rate stands at $7.25 per hour — equal to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) floor, which has been unchanged since July 24, 2009. This calculator converts that hourly rate (or any wage you enter) into the numbers that matter for budgeting: weekly gross pay, monthly gross pay and annual gross pay, with overtime factored in automatically the moment you work beyond 40 hours in a week.
How it works
Enter your hourly wage and your average hours per week. The calculator splits your time into two buckets:
- Regular time — the first 40 hours at your straight-time rate.
- Overtime — any hours beyond 40, rated at 1.5 times your regular rate, as required by FLSA Section 7(a)(1) and Wisconsin law.
Weekly gross = (regular hours x wage) + (overtime hours x wage x 1.5).
Monthly gross is then derived as weekly x 52 / 12, capturing the exact calendar average. Annual gross is weekly x 52. All arithmetic runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded or stored.
Worked example
Suppose you work 45 hours per week at the Wisconsin minimum of $7.25 per hour:
| Metric | Calculation | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Regular pay | 40h x $7.25 | $290.00 |
| Overtime pay | 5h x $10.875 (1.5x) | $54.38 |
| Weekly gross | $290.00 + $54.38 | $344.38 |
| Monthly gross | $344.38 x 52 / 12 | $1,492.31 |
| Annual gross | $344.38 x 52 | $17,907.76 |
At a straight 40 hours per week with no overtime, the Wisconsin minimum of $7.25/hr yields a weekly gross of $290.00, a monthly gross of $1,256.67, and an annual gross of $15,080.00 — all before any taxes or other deductions. The tool also shows a federal minimum comparison panel, so you can instantly see how your actual wage compares to the $7.25 federal floor on an annual basis.
Wisconsin minimum wage in context
Wisconsin’s minimum wage statute has co-existed with the federal FLSA since the 1960s. Because the state rate currently equals the federal rate, Wisconsin workers in 2025 fall under the same effective floor as workers in states with no minimum wage law of their own. Advocates note that $7.25 in 2025 has significantly less purchasing power than it did in 2009 when the rate was last raised, pointing to Wisconsin’s cost-of-living growth in cities such as Madison and Milwaukee as evidence that a higher rate would benefit low-wage workers. Employer groups counter that a state-specific increase could make Wisconsin less competitive with neighboring states such as Minnesota (which has a higher state minimum) for business investment.
Wisconsin does preserve a few wage categories below $7.25. Tipped employees may be paid a direct cash wage of $2.33 per hour under Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 272.03, so long as the combination of cash wages and tips reaches $7.25/hr in every workweek — a rule identical in structure to the federal tip credit. Opportunity wages of $5.90 per hour apply for workers under 20 during their first 90 calendar days with a new employer. Neither of these special rates is used as the default in this calculator, which models the standard $7.25 rate applicable to the vast majority of Wisconsin workers.
Use the calculator to model any wage scenario — for example, what $10/hr, $12/hr or $15/hr would mean annually — so you can compare job offers, negotiate pay, or plan a household budget with confidence.