Ohio Minimum Wage 2026: $11.00/hr Calculator

How Ohio Minimum Wage Compares to the Federal Rate

Ohio's 2026 minimum wage of $11.00 per hour is $3.75 above the $7.25 federal minimum. The federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour has not changed since 2009, meaning workers in states like Ohio rely on state law for meaningful wage floors.

At $11.00/hr working full-time (40 hours/week, 52 weeks/year), an Ohio worker earns $22,880.00 gross annually. That equals $440.00 per week and roughly $1,906.67 per month.

These figures are gross (before taxes). Your take-home pay will be lower after federal income tax, Social Security (6.2%), and Medicare (1.45%) deductions. Use our Ohio Income Tax Calculator for a net-pay estimate.

Last updated: October 2026. Rates sourced from the Ohio Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.

Tipped Workers in Ohio

The tipped minimum wage in Ohio is $5.50 per hour in 2026. Employers may pay tipped employees as little as $5.50/hr, but total compensation including tips must reach $11.00/hr. If tips fall short, the employer must make up the difference.

Tipped workers covered by Ohio law include restaurant servers, bartenders, valets, and other service workers who regularly receive tips. Always check your pay stub to ensure your employer is meeting the full minimum wage requirement.

Ohio adjusts its minimum wage every 1 January in line with the Consumer Price Index, so the rate changes automatically without new legislation.

Ohio Wage Increase Schedule

The 2026 minimum wage for Ohio is $11.00/hr. Ohio's rate is indexed to inflation and rises each 1 January. The 2026 rate of $11.00 is a 2.8% increase on the 2025 rate of $10.70. The tipped rate moved from $5.35 to $5.50 on the same date. The Ohio Department of Commerce has announced the 2027 figures: $11.40 per hour ($5.70 tipped) from 1 January 2027, applying to businesses with annual gross receipts above $420,000.

Employers must post the current Ohio minimum wage notice at their place of business. Violations can result in back-pay orders and civil penalties. Workers who believe they are being underpaid can file a complaint with the Ohio Department of Labor or the U.S. Department of Labor.

The Ohio Small-Employer Exemption Most Calculators Miss

Ohio's $11.00 rate does not apply to every employer. From 1 January 2026 it applies only to businesses with annual gross receipts above $405,000, up from $394,000 in 2025. If your employer's gross receipts are at or below $405,000, the legal floor is the federal $7.25 — a gap of $3.75 an hour, or about $7,800 a year at full time. The same $7.25 floor applies to 14- and 15-year-old workers regardless of employer size. Before assuming you are owed $11.00, check which side of the $405,000 threshold your employer falls on; it is the single most common reason an Ohio paycheck legally falls short of the headline rate.

Bookmark this page — we update Ohio wage data each time the state announces a new rate, including CPI-indexed adjustments.

Overtime Pay on the Ohio Minimum Wage

Minimum wage sets the floor for normal hours; overtime sits on top of it. Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act a non-exempt worker must be paid at least one and a half times their regular rate for every hour worked beyond 40 in a workweek, and Ohio applies the same 40-hour weekly threshold rather than a daily one.

Two details catch people out. The regular rate is not always the base hourly figure — non-discretionary bonuses and shift differentials get folded in before the multiplier is applied, so the overtime rate can be above 1.5 times the posted wage. And averaging two weeks together is not allowed: 50 hours one week and 30 the next still owes 10 hours of overtime, not zero. The US Department of Labor state minimum wage listing tracks where each state's floor sits against the federal one. Enter your weekly hours above and any hours past 40 are priced at the overtime rate rather than the flat rate. Updated 2026-09-16.