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Salt Lake City Minimum Wage & Overtime Calculator

Compute SLC weekly pay at the $7.25/hr minimum with FLSA overtime

Calculates gross weekly pay at Salt Lake City's minimum wage of $7.25/hr (the Utah state rate), applies time-and-a-half overtime for hours over 40, and applies the tipped-worker cash wage of $2.13/hr with the tip-credit top-up rule. Runs in your browser. It runs free in your browser on Gera Tools, with nothing uploaded.

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What is the minimum wage in Salt Lake City?

Salt Lake City has no separate city minimum wage, so the Utah state minimum of $7.25 per hour applies, which matches the federal floor. Utah does not index its minimum wage to inflation, so this rate has held for years.

Salt Lake City does not set its own minimum wage, so workers in the city are covered by the Utah state minimum of $7.25 per hour, identical to the federal floor. This calculator turns your hourly rate and weekly hours into gross pay, correctly splitting regular and overtime hours and handling tipped-worker rules.

How it works

Pay is computed on a weekly basis under the FLSA standard Utah follows:

regular hours  = min(hours, 40)
overtime hours = max(hours − 40, 0)
gross pay      = regular hours × rate + overtime hours × rate × 1.5

For tipped employees the cash wage is $2.13/hr. The maximum tip credit is $7.25 − $2.13 = $5.12. Tipped overtime is paid on the full minimum: $7.25 × 1.5 − $5.12 per overtime hour. The tool also checks that your reported tips plus cash wage reach at least $7.25/hr; if not, your employer owes the gap.

Example and tips

A worker earning $7.25/hr for 45 hours is paid 40 regular hours ($290) plus 5 overtime hours at $10.875 ($54.38) for $344.38 gross. A tipped server at $2.13/hr cash for the same 45 hours earns $85.20 in cash wages plus overtime, but must receive enough in tips to clear the full minimum — otherwise the employer tops up the difference. Always track hours by workweek, since overtime in Utah is weekly, not daily.

Utah and the federal minimum wage context

Utah sets its minimum wage at the federal floor of $7.25 per hour and does not have a mechanism for automatic inflation adjustment. Several other states and cities have raised their minimums above the federal level, but Utah has not. Salt Lake City does not have a separate municipal minimum wage ordinance that overrides the state rate.

Some large employers operating in SLC — particularly in retail, tech, and food service — voluntarily pay above minimum wage to attract workers in a competitive labor market. The state minimum wage applies primarily to workers without collective bargaining agreements or employer-set higher rates.

Tipped worker rules in detail

The tip credit system in Utah allows employers to pay tipped employees the federal tipped minimum cash wage of $2.13/hr, provided total compensation (cash wages + tips) reaches at least the $7.25 full minimum. The mechanics:

  • Maximum tip credit: $7.25 - $2.13 = $5.12 per hour
  • If tips fall short: The employer must make up the gap so the worker earns at least $7.25/hr. This is a legal requirement, not optional.
  • Overtime for tipped workers: Overtime is calculated on the full $7.25/hr minimum, not the $2.13 cash wage. Tipped overtime rate = $7.25 × 1.5 - $5.12 = $5.75 per overtime hour in cash wages (plus tips still count).

What is not covered by FLSA overtime

Not every worker in SLC is entitled to overtime. Exempt employees under FLSA — typically salaried workers earning above the federal salary threshold and working in executive, administrative, or professional roles — are not entitled to time-and-a-half regardless of hours worked. The tool calculates gross pay for non-exempt hourly workers, which is the majority of minimum-wage workers in Utah.