What is the minimum wage in Atlanta?

Georgia's state minimum wage is 5.15 dollars, but because the federal minimum of 7.25 dollars is higher and covers most employers, the effective minimum wage in Atlanta is 7.25 dollars per hour. There is no separate Atlanta city minimum wage.

How is overtime calculated?

Under federal law, non-exempt workers earn 1.5 times their regular rate for hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. So at 7.25 dollars the overtime rate is 10.875 dollars per hour. Overtime is based on the workweek, not the day.

What is the tipped minimum wage in Georgia?

Tipped employees can be paid a cash wage as low as 2.13 dollars per hour, provided tips bring them up to at least the 7.25 dollar full minimum. If tips fall short, the employer must make up the difference through the tip credit.

How does the tip credit work?

The employer pays a cash wage of at least 2.13 dollars and claims a tip credit for the gap up to 7.25. If your cash wage plus actual tips per hour is below 7.25, the employer must top you up so your effective rate meets the full minimum.

Is overtime paid on the cash wage or full wage for tipped workers?

Overtime for tipped workers is based on the full minimum wage of 7.25, not the 2.13 cash wage. The overtime premium is 1.5 times the full minimum, then the tip credit is subtracted, so the cash overtime rate is higher than 1.5 times 2.13.

Atlanta Minimum Wage & Overtime Calculator

This calculator works out weekly gross pay in Atlanta. It uses the effective 7.25 dollar minimum wage (the federal rate, which exceeds Georgia’s), applies federal overtime at 1.5 times pay over 40 hours, and handles the tipped-worker cash wage and tip-credit rules.

How it works

Regular and overtime hours are paid at different rates, split at the 40-hour workweek:

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

For tipped workers, the cash wage may be as low as 2.13 dollars as long as tips bring the effective rate to at least 7.25. If cash wage plus tips fall short, the employer owes a top-up:

effective = cash wage + tips per hour
top-up    = max(7.25 − effective, 0) × hours

Example and notes

A non-tipped worker at 7.25 dollars doing 45 hours earns 40 hours of regular pay (290.00) plus 5 overtime hours at 10.875 (54.38), for a 344.38 dollar week. A server on the 2.13 cash wage who averages 6.00 in tips per hour reaches 8.13 effective and needs no top-up. Overtime always uses the full 7.25 minimum as its base, so a tipped worker’s cash overtime rate is the 1.5x premium minus the tip credit. Georgia follows federal law on these rules; there is no separate Atlanta city wage.