What is the minimum wage in Wyoming in 2025?

Wyoming state law (Wyo. Stat. § 27-4-202) sets a nominal minimum wage of $5.15 per hour, but the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) supersedes it for most covered employers, making the effective floor $7.25 per hour. This federal rate has been unchanged since July 24, 2009. Workers whose employers are not covered by the FLSA — very small businesses and some agricultural operations — may technically be subject to just the $5.15 state rate, though this is uncommon.

Does Wyoming have its own minimum wage above the federal rate?

No. Wyoming is one of a small number of states whose own minimum wage statute ($5.15/hr) is actually lower than the federal rate. Because the FLSA sets a floor that states cannot undercut for covered employers, the real-world effective minimum for the vast majority of Wyoming workers is $7.25/hr. Wyoming has no plans on the legislative calendar to raise its state rate above the federal level.

How is overtime calculated in Wyoming?

Federal FLSA rules govern overtime in Wyoming. Any hours worked beyond 40 in a single workweek must be compensated at a rate of at least 1.5 times the employee's regular hourly rate. At the $7.25 minimum, that means overtime hours are paid at $10.875 each. The calculator applies this split automatically the moment you enter more than 40 hours per week.

How does the calculator convert weekly pay to monthly and annual figures?

Monthly gross equals weekly gross multiplied by 52 then divided by 12, which gives the exact calendar-average monthly figure regardless of whether a month has 28, 30 or 31 days. Annual gross equals weekly gross multiplied by 52. Both figures are pre-tax gross pay only — no deductions for federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, state tax or benefits are applied.

Can Wyoming cities or counties set a higher local minimum wage?

Wyoming has no state preemption statute explicitly barring local minimum wage ordinances, but no Wyoming municipality has enacted one above the federal rate. In practice, $7.25/hr is the universal floor across all Wyoming cities and counties, including Cheyenne, Casper, Laramie, Gillette and Jackson.

What about tipped workers in Wyoming?

Federal tipped-employee rules apply in Wyoming. Employers may pay tipped workers a direct cash wage as low as $2.13 per hour, provided that tips received in the workweek bring the effective hourly rate to at least $7.25. If tips fall short of that threshold in any given workweek, the employer must make up the difference to ensure the employee receives at least the federal minimum. Wyoming has not set its own tipped minimum above the federal $2.13 floor.

Wyoming Minimum Wage Calculator

Wyoming is one of the few US states where the state minimum wage law actually sets a rate below the federal floor. Wyoming statute (Wyo. Stat. § 27-4-202) lists $5.15 per hour, but because the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) supersedes any lower state rate for covered employers, the effective minimum wage for the vast majority of Wyoming workers is the federal $7.25 per hour — a rate unchanged since July 24, 2009. This calculator converts that rate (or any wage above it) into the figures workers and employers actually need: weekly gross pay, monthly gross pay and annual gross salary, with FLSA overtime baked in automatically.

How it works

Enter your hourly wage and your average hours per week. The tool splits your time into two buckets:

Regular time — the first 40 hours in a workweek, paid at the straight-time rate.
Overtime — any hours beyond 40, paid at 1.5 times the regular rate under FLSA Section 7(a)(1).

Weekly gross = (regular hours x wage) + (overtime hours x wage x 1.5).

Monthly gross is derived as weekly x 52 / 12, which produces the exact calendar-month average. Annual gross is weekly x 52. All arithmetic runs in your browser — no data is uploaded or stored.

Worked example

Suppose you work 45 hours per week at the Wyoming effective 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 standard 40-hour week with no overtime, the $7.25 federal minimum yields a weekly gross of $290.00, a monthly gross of $1,256.67 and an annual gross of $15,080.00 — all before federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare or any voluntary benefit deductions.

The federal comparison panel beneath the main results shows the precise annual dollar difference between your entered wage and the $7.25 federal floor, letting you quickly quantify what a raise of any size would mean over a full year.

Wyoming minimum wage in context

Wyoming’s state wage statute has not been updated to track federal increases since 2009, leaving the nominal $5.15 figure marooned well below the FLSA floor. In practice this creates a two-tier legal structure: FLSA-covered employers (those with annual gross sales of $500,000 or more, or involved in interstate commerce) must pay $7.25/hr; only the rare employer outside FLSA coverage faces just the $5.15 state floor.

Wyoming’s economy leans heavily on energy, agriculture and tourism. Seasonal and entry-level roles in hospitality — particularly around Jackson Hole and Yellowstone — often pay well above the minimum due to labor competition, but the statutory floor remains $7.25 for legal compliance purposes. Workers can use this calculator to model wages from the federal minimum all the way up to any target rate, making it useful for comparing job offers, estimating annual budget headroom, or running payroll sanity checks before a pay-period closes.

Tipped workers in Wyoming fall under the federal tip credit rule: employers may pay as little as $2.13 per hour in direct wages provided tips bring the effective rate to $7.25. If tips fall short in any workweek, the employer must pay the gap. Use the hourly wage field to model net effective hourly earnings including tips by entering the all-in rate and comparing it to the federal minimum.