What is the minimum wage in Pittsburgh?

Pittsburgh follows Pennsylvania's state minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, which matches the federal floor. Pennsylvania has not set a higher state or local minimum, so $7.25 applies across the city.

How is overtime calculated?

Under federal and Pennsylvania law, non-exempt workers earn 1.5 times their regular rate for every hour worked over 40 in a workweek. At the $7.25 minimum, the overtime rate is $10.88 per hour.

What is the tipped minimum wage in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania's tipped minimum cash wage is $2.83 per hour. Employers may take a tip credit, but tips plus the cash wage must reach at least $7.25 per hour, or the employer must make up the difference.

Does overtime apply to tipped workers?

Yes. Tipped employees still earn overtime, calculated on the full $7.25 minimum (not the $2.83 cash wage), then reduced by the allowable tip credit. This tool flags the tipped case so you can verify the top-up.

Is my pay information stored?

No. The calculation runs entirely in your browser and nothing you enter is uploaded or saved on a server.

Pittsburgh Minimum Wage & Overtime Calculator

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Pittsburgh wages follow Pennsylvania’s statewide floor of $7.25 an hour, the same as the federal minimum. If you work more than 40 hours in a week, those extra hours must be paid at time-and-a-half. This calculator splits your hours into regular and overtime, applies the correct rates, and handles the tipped-worker rules.

How it works

For a standard hourly worker, weekly gross pay is:

regular_hours  = min(hours, 40)
overtime_hours = max(hours - 40, 0)
regular_pay    = regular_hours * rate
overtime_pay   = overtime_hours * rate * 1.5
gross          = regular_pay + overtime_pay

At the $7.25 minimum, overtime is $7.25 × 1.5 = $10.88 per hour.

For tipped workers, Pennsylvania allows a cash wage as low as $2.83/hr, but the employer must ensure cash wage plus tips reaches at least $7.25/hr. The tool flags this case so you can confirm the tip-credit top-up is satisfied.

Example

Standard worker at $7.25/hr working 45 hours:

regular  = 40 * 7.25 = $290.00
overtime = 5 * 7.25 * 1.5 = $54.38
gross    = $344.38

Notes

This tool computes a single workweek of straight pay before taxes and deductions. Multi-week averaging is not allowed for overtime under the law — each workweek stands alone. Tipped-wage compliance depends on actual tips earned, which the worker and employer must reconcile per pay period.