What is the minimum wage in Kansas City?

Kansas City follows Missouri's statewide minimum wage of $12.00 per hour. Missouri preempts local minimum-wage ordinances, so the city rate matches the state rate. This tool uses $12.00 as the default base wage.

How is overtime calculated?

Under federal law, non-exempt workers earn 1.5x their regular rate for hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. So at $12.00/hr the overtime rate is $18.00/hr. The calculator splits your hours into regular and overtime automatically.

What is the tipped minimum wage in Missouri?

Missouri lets employers pay tipped workers 50% of the minimum, about $6.00 per hour, provided tips bring total earnings to at least the full $12.00 minimum. If tips fall short, the employer must make up the difference. The tool flags whether your tips clear that threshold.

Does this account for taxes?

No. The figures are gross pay before income tax, Social Security, Medicare, and other deductions. Your take-home pay will be lower; use a paycheck calculator for net amounts.

Does this send my data anywhere?

No. All calculations run in your browser. Your wage and hours never leave your device.

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Kansas City follows Missouri’s statewide minimum wage of $12.00 per hour — the state preempts local minimum-wage rules, so the city rate equals the state rate. This calculator computes your gross weekly and annual pay, applies 1.5x federal overtime for hours beyond 40, and checks the Missouri tipped-wage credit so tipped workers can see whether their tips clear the full minimum.

How it works

Hours split into regular and overtime, each paid at its own rate:

regularHours  = min(hours, 40)
otHours       = max(hours - 40, 0)
regularPay    = wage * regularHours
overtimePay   = wage * 1.5 * otHours
weeklyGross   = regularPay + overtimePay
annualGross   = weeklyGross * 52

For tipped workers, Missouri allows a cash wage of 50% of the minimum (about $6.00/hr) as long as tips bring the effective rate to at least $12.00/hr. The tool compares cash wage plus per-hour tips against that floor and flags any shortfall the employer must cover.

Notes and example

At the $12.00 minimum working 45 hours: 40 regular hours pay $480, and 5 overtime hours at $18.00 add $90, for a $570 gross week and roughly $29,640 annualized. A tipped worker paid $6.00/hr cash needs at least $6.00/hr in tips to reach the $12.00 floor; below that, the employer owes the gap. All figures are gross, before taxes and deductions. Everything runs locally; nothing is uploaded.