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Kansas Tipped Minimum Wage Laws for 2016, 2017. Kansas' normal state minimum wage rate is $7.25 per hour. Kansas labor law allows tipped employees to be paid a lower cash wage than the standard Kansas minimum wage by their employers, as up to $5.12 in tips earned per hour can be deducted from their wage as a Tip Credit.
As of January 1, 2014, minimum wage in Kansas is $7.25. Kansas is one of 45 states that have enacted minimum wage laws. The minimum wage in Kansas is equal to the Federal standard of $7.25. It wasn't too long ago that Kansas had the lowest minimum wage in the country. Believe it or not, Kansas had a minimum wage of $2.65 until the end of 2009. On January 1, 2010, the Kansas minimum wage jumped to $7.25, based on legislation signed by then-Governor Kathleen Sebelius.