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Pennsylvania's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, effective July 24, 2009, under Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act. — Source

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Pennsylvania's 2022 tipped-worker regulation update introduced an 80/20 rule — employers cannot take a tip credit for time exceeding 20% of the workweek spent on non-tip-generating duties — and the Wage Payment and Collection Law imposes 25% liquidated damages for nonpayment after 30 days.

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Pennsylvania minimum wage
$7.25/hour
Effective 2009-07-24 · source
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Pennsylvania calculators and guides

Start hereMinimum Wage$7.25/hr (Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act, Act of 1968, as amended); tipped: $2.83/hr cash minimum; tip credit threshold: $135/month in tips required; static since July 24, 2009; confirmed from pa.gov/agencies/dli.
OvertimePennsylvania Minimum Wage Act: weekly-40 at 1.5×; 2022 tipped/fluctuating-workweek regulation update; confirmed from pa.gov/agencies/dli overtime page.Final Paycheck DeadlinePennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law (Act 329 of 1961): wages paid on regularly scheduled paydays; waiting time from end of pay period to payday must not exceed 15 days; 25% liquidated damages (min $500) if not paid within 30 days of scheduled payday; confirmed from pa.gov DLI.Prevailing WagePennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act; administered by DLI Bureau of Labor Law Compliance; primary source URL not fetched — verify from pa.gov/agencies/dli before build.

How Pennsylvania differs

Pennsylvania's 2022 tipped-worker regulation update introduced an 80/20 rule — employers cannot take a tip credit for time exceeding 20% of the workweek spent on non-tip-generating duties — and the Wage Payment and Collection Law imposes 25% liquidated damages for nonpayment after 30 days.

Weekly overtime: Pennsylvania requires time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek. Source.

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Pennsylvania wage payment and collection law

Beyond the minimum wage and overtime rate, Pennsylvania has its own wage-payment statute governing when workers must be paid, what happens to a final paycheck, and how to recover wages an employer has not paid. The essentials, drawn from Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, Bureau of Labor Law Compliance, are below.

How often wages must be paid
Wage Payment and Collection Law (43 P.S. §260.1 et seq.) requires employees to be paid on time per the agreed schedule; BLLC enforces late pay, missing final paychecks, and improper deductions. Exact interval not loaded verbatim.
Final paycheck after separation
Under the WPCL; final wages by the next regular payday (per BLLC enforcement scope).
How to file a wage claim
File a Wage Payment and Collection complaint with the PA DLI Bureau of Labor Law Compliance (pa.gov). Separate channels for minimum wage/overtime, prevailing wage, Act 102, Act 72, and personnel-file inspection.
Other state-specific rules
PA Minimum Wage Act: $7.25, tipped $2.83 (tip credit where tips exceed $135/month), overtime 1.5x over 40/wk. Act 102 bars mandatory overtime for direct-patient-care employees. Prevailing Wage Act for public construction over $25,000.

Primary source: Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, Bureau of Labor Law Compliance. Statute citations are the state's own; verify your specific situation before acting.