Missouri minimum wage 2026
The minimum wage in Missouri is $15.00 an hour in 2026. Missouri voters approved Proposition A in November 2024, which raised the wage to $15.00 on January 1, 2026 and promised yearly inflation raises after that. A 2025 law, House Bill 567, repealed those raises, so the rate stays fixed unless lawmakers or voters act or the federal minimum overtakes it.
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At a glance
| Minimum wage now | $15.00 an hour, since January 1, 2026132 |
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| Next change | None scheduled. |
| Tipped employees | $7.50 cash wage, tip credit up to $7.5014 |
| Overtime | 1.5 times the regular rate after 40 hours a week89 · details |
| Full-time pay | $600 a week, $31,200 a year at 40 hours a week before taxes · calculate for your hours |
| Enforced by | Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards, 573-751-3403 |
What to know about the Missouri minimum wage
Missouri voters have rewritten the state's minimum wage three times. Proposition B in 2006 tied the rate to inflation, a second Proposition B in 2018 set steps up to $12.00 in 2023, and Proposition A, approved on November 5, 2024, raised it to $13.75 in 2025 and $15.00 in 2026.3 Proposition A also promised yearly inflation increases from 2027 and created paid sick leave that began May 1, 2025.
The Legislature then rolled back part of the measure. House Bill 567, signed July 10, 2025 and in force since August 28, 2025, repealed both the sick leave requirement and the inflation adjustments, so the 2026 rate became a fixed figure rather than a starting point.7 The same bill brought the state and local governments under the minimum wage law, which Proposition A had left out of its increases.
The law has a significant gap for small shops: retail and service businesses with less than $500,000 in annual gross sales are excluded, though many of their workers may still be owed the federal minimum if federal coverage tests are met. Tipped employees get at least half the minimum in cash, $7.50 in 2026.1 The Division of Labor Standards takes minimum wage complaints and supplies the required summary poster in English and Spanish.1
Tipped employees
| Tip credit | Allowed |
|---|---|
| Minimum cash wage | $7.50 an hour14 |
| Maximum tip credit | $7.50 an hour |
Tipped employees must receive at least half the minimum wage in cash, $7.50 an hour in 2026.
An employer that takes a tip credit must make up the difference whenever wages plus tips fall short of the full minimum wage for the workweek. See the tipped minimum wage guide.
Overtime and salaried staff
| Weekly overtime | After 40 hours in a workweek, at 1.5 times the regular rate89 |
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| Daily overtime | None in state law |
| Exempt salary | The federal level, $684 a week ($35,568 a year) |
Time and a half after 40 hours a week (RSMo 290.505), interpreted in line with the federal FLSA and its exemptions; seasonal amusement or recreation businesses owe overtime after 52 hours. Retail or service businesses with annual gross sales under $500,000 are excluded.
Overtime at the minimum wage of $15.00 is $22.50 an hour. Salaried managers, administrators and professionals are exempt from overtime only if they meet the duties tests and are paid at least the exempt salary. See overtime rules in every state or calculate pay with overtime.
How the rate changes
The rate is not indexed. Proposition A would have adjusted it each year from 2027 by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), but House Bill 567, in force since August 28, 2025, removed that rule.
Indexed to inflation: no. Not indexed; annual cost-of-living adjustments ended in 2024 and the statute schedules none after $15.00 in 2026.3
Rate history
Who is covered
The Missouri Minimum Wage Law covers most employers, and since August 28, 2025 also the state and local governments. Retail and service businesses with less than $500,000 in annual sales are excluded, as are executive, administrative and professional employees, short-season summer camp staff, casual babysitters, outside salespeople on commission, some agricultural work and other categories listed in RSMo 290.500.
- Overtime is one and a half times the regular rate after 40 hours a week, or after 52 hours at qualifying seasonal amusement and recreation businesses.
- The state may set a lower learner or apprentice rate for workers under 20 by regulation, no more than 90 cents below the minimum.
Cities and counties
Cities and counties may not require a minimum or living wage above state law, and earlier local minimum wage ordinances were nullified (RSMo 290.528, as amended in 2017).
Largest cities in Missouri
- Kansas CityState $15.00
Cities of Missouri among the 50 most populous in the US (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates for July 1, 2025). “Local” marks a city with its own minimum wage, “Regional” a state wage region, and “Federal rate” a city where the federal $7.25 is the rate that applies.
Neighboring states
If you live near a state line, the rate that applies is the one where you do the work, not where you live or where the employer is based.
| State | Per hour now |
|---|---|
| Illinois | $15.00 |
| Nebraska | $15.00 |
| Arkansas | $11.00 |
| Iowa | $7.25 |
| Kansas | $7.25 |
| Kentucky | $7.25 |
| Oklahoma | $7.25 |
| Tennessee | $7.25 |
Compare every state on the ranked list and map.
Get help or file a claim
If you are paid less than the minimum wage that applies to your job, you can file a wage claim with the agency below. Federal law prohibits firing or otherwise retaliating against a worker for complaining about federal minimum wage rights.
| Agency | Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards |
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| Phone | 573-751-3403 |
| The law | RSMo 290.502 (minimum wage rate); RSMo 290.512 (tipped employees); RSMo 290.500 (definitions and exclusions); RSMo 290.528 (local preemption); HCS#2 HBs 567, 546, 758 & 958 (2025) summary |
| Federal | U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 1-866-487-9243 |
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- 4 Missouri Revisor of Statutes, RSMo 290.512 Checked Oct 9, 2026 · Back to text ↑
- 5 Missouri Revisor of Statutes, RSMo 290.500 Checked Oct 9, 2026
- 6 Missouri Revisor of Statutes, RSMo 290.528 Checked Oct 9, 2026
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- 8 Missouri Revisor of Statutes, RSMo 290.505 Overtime compensation Checked Oct 28, 2026 · Back to text ↑
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