Salario mínimo en Texas
$7.25 por hora1
por horaTarifa general desde el 24 de julio de 2009
No hay aumentos programados registrados.
Las condiciones, citas y notas se muestran en el idioma de la fuente oficial (inglés).
BLS · May 2025
Cómo se compara el mínimo con el salario típico en Texas
31%del salario mediano por hora
El salario mediano por hora en todas las ocupaciones en Texas es $23.38 y el promedio es $31.61 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, state estimates). El salario mínimo de $7.25 equivale al 31% de la mediana; el salario del percentil 10 es $13.10, así que el décimo peor pagado de los trabajadores gana hasta $5.85 por encima del mínimo. BLS
| Aplica a | Tarifa |
|---|---|
| Salario mínimo | $7.25 |
| Percentil 10 | $13.10 |
| Percentil 25 | $17.01 |
| Mediana | $23.38 |
| Promedio | $31.61 |
8 reglas · 27 de septiembre de 2026
Reglas laborales básicas en Texas
Lo que la ley añade a la tarifa por hora. Consulte la cita para ver excepciones.
Frecuencia de pago
Employees exempt from FLSA overtime must be paid at least once a month and all other employees at least twice a month, in pay periods of roughly equal length.
Fuente: Tex. Lab. Code ch. 61 (Texas Payday Law)
Sec. 61.011. PAYDAYS. (a) An employer shall pay wages to each employee who is exempt from the overtime pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.) at least once a month. (b) An employer shall pay wages to an employee other than an employee covered by Subsection (a) at least twice a month. (c) If wages are paid twice a month, each pay period must consist as nearly as possible of an equal number of days.
- Fuente
- statute
- captura
- 27 de septiembre de 2026
Verificado el 27 de septiembre de 2026
Último cheque
A fired employee must be paid in full within six days of discharge, and an employee who quits must be paid by the next regularly scheduled payday.
Fuente: Tex. Lab. Code ch. 61 (Texas Payday Law)
Sec. 61.014. PAYMENT AFTER TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. (a) An employer shall pay in full an employee who is discharged from employment not later than the sixth day after the date the employee is discharged. (b) An employer shall pay in full an employee who leaves employment other than by discharge not later than the next regularly scheduled payday.
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- statute
- captura
- 27 de septiembre de 2026
Verificado el 27 de septiembre de 2026
Recuperar salarios impagos
An employee who is not paid can file a verified wage claim with the Texas Workforce Commission no later than 180 days after the wages were due.
Fuente: Tex. Lab. Code ch. 61 (Texas Payday Law)
Sec. 61.051. FILING WAGE CLAIM. (a) An employee who is not paid wages as prescribed by this chapter may file a wage claim with the commission in accordance with this subchapter. (b) A wage claim must be filed in a manner and on a form prescribed by the commission and must be verified by the employee. (c) A wage claim must be filed not later than the 180th day after the date the wages claimed became due for payment. The 180-day deadline is a matter of jurisdiction.
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- statute
- captura
- 27 de septiembre de 2026
Verificado el 27 de septiembre de 2026
Cartel obligatorio
Employers must post notices showing their designated paydays in conspicuous places in the workplace.
Fuente: Tex. Lab. Code ch. 61 (Texas Payday Law)
Sec. 61.012. DESIGNATION OF PAYDAYS; NOTICE. (a) An employer shall designate paydays in accordance with Section 61.011. (b) If an employer fails to designate paydays, the employer's paydays are the first and 15th day of each month. (c) An employer shall post, in conspicuous places in the workplace, notices indicating the paydays.
- Fuente
- statute
- captura
- 27 de septiembre de 2026
- Notas
- If an employer designates no paydays, the paydays are the 1st and 15th of each month (§ 61.012(b)).
Verificado el 27 de septiembre de 2026
Horarios de trabajadores menores
14- and 15-year-olds may not work more than 8 hours a day or 48 hours a week, and those enrolled in school may not work between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. before a school day or between midnight and 5 a.m. otherwise.
Fuente: Tex. Lab. Code ch. 51 (Child Labor)
Sec. 51.013. HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT; HARDSHIP EXEMPTION. (a) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age and who is employed by the person to work more than: (1) eight hours in one day; or (2) 48 hours in one week. (b) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age, is employed by the person, and is enrolled in a term of a public or private school to work: (1) between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on a day that is followed by a school day; or (2) between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on a day that is not followed by a school day.
- Fuente
- statute
- captura
- 27 de septiembre de 2026
Verificado el 27 de septiembre de 2026
Horas extra
Covered non-exempt employees must be paid at least 1.5 times their regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a workweek; federal law sets no daily overtime and no weekend or holiday premium. (non-exempt employees covered by the FLSA)
Fuente: 29 U.S.C. § 207
Unless specifically exempted, employees covered by the Act must receive overtime pay for hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek at a rate not less than time and one-half their regular rates of pay. There is no limit in the Act on the number of hours employees aged 16 and older may work in any workweek. The Act does not require overtime pay for work on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, or regular days of rest, as such.
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- agency page
- captura
- 26 de septiembre de 2026
Verificado el 26 de septiembre de 2026
Umbral salarial exento de horas extra
Executive, administrative and professional employees are exempt from minimum wage and overtime only if they meet the duties tests and are paid a salary of at least $684 per week ($35,568 a year). (executive, administrative, professional and outside sales employees)
Fuente: 29 C.F.R. Part 541
To qualify for exemption, employees generally must meet certain tests regarding their job duties and be paid on a salary basis at not less than $684 per week.
- Fuente
- agency page
- captura
- 26 de septiembre de 2026
- Notas
- The 2024 rule raising the level to $844/$1,128 was vacated in November 2024; DOL enforces the 2019 level of $684.
Verificado el 26 de septiembre de 2026
Propinas
An employer may count tips toward the minimum wage only after telling the tipped employee the cash wage, the tip credit claimed, that the credit cannot exceed tips received, that tips belong to the employee except in a valid tip pool, and that the credit requires this notice; employers, managers and supervisors may never keep employees' tips. (tipped employees under the FLSA)
Fuente
Employers must provide the following information to tipped employees before taking a tip credit under the FLSA: the amount of the direct (or cash) wage the employer is paying a tipped employee, which must be at least $2.13 per hour; the additional amount claimed by the employer as a tip credit, which cannot exceed $5.12 (the difference between the minimum required direct (or cash) wage of $2.13 and the current minimum wage of $7.25); that the tip credit claimed by the employer cannot exceed the amount of tips actually received by the tipped employee; that all tips received by the tipped employee are to be retained by the employee except for a valid tip pooling arrangement limited to employees who customarily and regularly receive tips; and that the tip credit will not apply to any tipped employee unless the employee has been informed of these tip credit provisions.
- Fuente
- agency page
- captura
- 26 de septiembre de 2026
Verificado el 26 de septiembre de 2026
$7.25 / hora
Calculadoras
Estimaciones antes de impuestos a esta tarifa. Nada de lo que escriba sale de esta página.
Cuánto paga este salario
| Semanal | $290.00 |
|---|---|
| Mensual52 semanas ÷ 12 | $1,256.67 |
| Anual52 semanas | $15,080.00 |
| Tarifa de horas extra1.5× donde apliquen horas extra | $10.88 |
4 preguntas
Preguntas frecuentes
¿Cuál es el salario mínimo en Texas?
$7.25 por hora desde el 24 de julio de 2009. Para una semana de 40 horas son unos $290.00 por semana o $15,080.00 al año antes de impuestos.
¿Va a subir el salario mínimo en Texas?
No hay aumentos programados al 1 de octubre de 2026. Las jurisdicciones indexadas a la inflación anuncian la próxima cifra unos meses antes de que entre en vigor.
¿Hay un salario mínimo menor para trabajadores con propinas en Texas?
No hay una tarifa separada para propinas registrada en Texas; los trabajadores con propinas deben recibir $7.25 por hora completo antes de propinas, salvo que una regla de nivel superior fije una.
¿Cómo se compara Texas con otros estados?
Los $7.25 de Texas ocupan el puesto 32 de 51 tarifas estatales, frente al piso federal de $7.25.
2 niveles de ley
Cómo se determina esta tarifa
Aplica el mínimo más alto que cubra el lugar de trabajo.
El empleador debe pagar el mínimo más alto que cubra el lugar de trabajo. WageTable revisa cada nivel en orden:
- Estados Unidos
- Texas
Texas fija 1 regla propia.
Notas sobre las reglas y fuentes de esta jurisdicción
The Texas Minimum Wage Act (Tex. Lab. Code § 62.051) adopts the federal minimum wage under the FLSA, $7.25 since July 24, 2009, and preempts higher local minimum wages for private employment (§ 62.0515). Tipped employees (more than $20 a month in tips) are paid as under FLSA § 3(m) (§ 62.052).
Texas
Aplicación
A cargo de Texas Workforce Commission. El empleador debe exhibir el cartel oficial del salario mínimo.
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