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Texas's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, effective July 24, 2009. — Source

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Involuntarily discharged Texas employees must receive their final paycheck within 6 calendar days of discharge (Texas Labor Code Ch. 61), while voluntary quits receive wages on the next scheduled payday — and Texas Labor Code § 62.0515 hard-preempts all local minimum wage ordinances.

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Texas minimum wage
$7.25/hour
Effective 2009-07-24 · source
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Start hereMinimum Wage$7.25/hr (Texas Labor Code Ch. 62, § 62.051 adopts federal rate by reference); no state-set rate above federal; confirmed from twc.texas.gov; § 62.0515 expressly preempts local minimum wage ordinances.
OvertimeFederal FLSA only; Texas has no independent state overtime statute; confirmed from twc.texas.gov.Final Paycheck DeadlineTexas Labor Code Ch. 61 (Payday Law): discharge → within 6 calendar days; voluntary quit → next scheduled payday; confirmed from twc.texas.gov/programs/wage-and-hour/texas-payday-law.

How Texas differs

Involuntarily discharged Texas employees must receive their final paycheck within 6 calendar days of discharge (Texas Labor Code Ch. 61), while voluntary quits receive wages on the next scheduled payday — and Texas Labor Code § 62.0515 hard-preempts all local minimum wage ordinances.

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