State minimum wage · 2026
Texas minimum wage
The general minimum wage in Texas is $7.25 per hour, effective July 24, 2009. This is the rate for standard (non-tipped, non-exempt) employees.
- Rate (general)
- $7.25/hr
- Effective
- 2009-07-24
- Status
- validated
- Source confidence
- 95%
Snapshot from the PeopleAnalyst wage-compliance layer, retrieved 2026-06-28. Rates change — see the maintained feed below for live updates.
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- ·Variants: tipped, youth/training, and small-employer rates often differ from the headline — and they change on their own schedules.
- ·Local ordinances: the city ordinance in a metro you forgot you employ someone in, that changed when nobody was watching.
- ·Scheduled increases:next year's rate is often already law. Knowing the future-dated step lets you budget and avoid a surprise.
- ·Citations:when an auditor or an employee asks, “a website said so” isn't an answer. Each rule carries its source and effective date.
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