Georgia tipped minimum wage 2026
The Georgia tipped cash wage is $2.13 per hour. Employers may take a tip credit of up to $5.12 per hour, provided the worker's cash wage plus tips reaches the state minimum of $7.25 per hour for every workweek. [DOL Tipped][GA 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 Georgia minimum of $7.25 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
The state statutory rate is $5.15, below the federal floor. The FLSA rate of $7.25 controls for employees covered by federal law. DOL: State statutory rate, applies to employers with 6 or more employees; the FLSA floor of $7.25 controls for employees covered by federal law No scheduled increase is recorded. This row was taken from the DOL tables only and the state's own site was not checked in this pass, so a scheduled increase may exist and simply not be captured here.