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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.
Effective July 24, 2007, the federal minimum wage increased from $5.15 per hour in three steps: to $5.85 per hour effective July 24, 2007; to $6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008; and to $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009. In North Carolina, employers are required to pay the higher of the state or federal minimum wages. So, the minimum wage employers are required to pay their employees in North Carolina remained at $6.15 per hour until July 24, 2008, when it increased to $6.55 per hour. And the minimum wage increased again to $7.25 per hour on July 24, 2009.