Whether you are an hourly worker checking a paycheck or an employer running St. Louis payroll, this calculator works out gross weekly pay using Missouri’s $12.30/hr minimum wage and federal overtime rules. It also handles tipped roles, where Missouri lets employers pay a reduced cash wage as long as tips bring the total up to the full minimum.
How it works
Pay is split into regular and overtime portions based on a 40-hour threshold:
- Hours up to 40 are paid at your regular rate.
- Hours above 40 are paid at 1.5× the regular rate, per the federal FLSA.
For tipped workers, Missouri allows a cash wage of 50% of minimum = $6.15/hr. The tool checks whether your cash wage plus average tips reaches $12.30; if not, it adds the employer’s required tip make-up so your effective rate never falls below the minimum. Overtime is then computed on that effective rate.
Example and notes
At $12.30/hr for 45 hours, you earn 40 × $12.30 = $492.00 regular plus 5 × $18.45 = $92.25 overtime, for $584.25 gross. If you are tipped and earning $6.15 cash plus $8.00 tips per hour, that totals $14.15 — above the minimum, so no make-up is owed. These figures are gross pay before taxes and deductions; your take-home will be lower after federal, Missouri state, and FICA withholding.