What is the minimum wage in El Paso?

Texas follows the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, and El Paso has no separate city minimum. So the floor for most non-tipped workers in El Paso is $7.25 per hour.

How is overtime calculated?

Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, hours over 40 in a workweek are paid at 1.5 times the regular rate. At the $7.25 minimum, the overtime rate is $10.875 per hour. Texas adds no extra daily overtime rule.

How does tipped pay work in Texas?

Employers may pay a tipped cash wage of $2.13 per hour if tips bring the worker up to at least $7.25 per hour. If cash wage plus tips falls short, the employer must make up the difference, called the tip credit.

Does Texas have daily overtime?

No. Texas uses only the federal weekly standard: overtime applies after 40 hours in a workweek, not after 8 hours in a day. A 10-hour day is not overtime unless the weekly total exceeds 40 hours.

Are there local El Paso wage rules?

Texas law preempts local minimum-wage ordinances, so El Paso cannot set a higher city minimum for private employers. Some public contracts may specify higher living wages, but the general floor stays at $7.25.

El Paso Minimum Wage & Overtime Calculator

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El Paso follows Texas wage law, which mirrors the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour with no separate city rate. This calculator computes your weekly gross at that minimum (or any rate you enter), applies federal overtime of time-and-a-half for hours over 40, and handles the tipped-worker math against the $2.13 cash wage and the Texas tip credit.

How it works

Regular and overtime hours are paid at different rates:

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

For tipped workers, the employer may pay a $2.13 cash wage as long as cash wage plus tips reaches at least $7.25 per hour. If it falls short, the difference — the tip credit make-up — is owed by the employer. The tool flags this whenever your effective hourly rate dips below the $7.25 floor.

Example and tips

A worker logging 45 hours at $7.25 earns $290 for the first 40 hours plus $48.94 for 5 overtime hours at $10.875, for $338.94 gross. A tipped server paid $2.13 cash who averages $6 per hour in tips makes $8.13 effective — above the floor, so no make-up is owed. If that server’s tips fell to $4 per hour, cash plus tips would be $6.13, and the employer would owe a $1.12 per hour tip-credit top-up to reach $7.25.