Minimum Wage: Florida
Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.
Author: Kamilah L. Perry, Phelps Dunbar, LLP
Summary
- Florida requires employers to pay nonexempt employees a minimum wage for every hour worked. See Overview.
- Florida allows employers to count a certain amount of employees' tips toward their minimum wage obligations, but it is less than the federal government allows. See Tip Credit.
- Florida allows the same subminimum wages as the federal government. See Subminimum Wages.