Texas wage calculators

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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Texas calculators and guides

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

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

State wage law

Texas wage payment and collection law

Beyond the minimum wage and overtime rate, Texas 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 Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), Wage and Hour Department, are below.

How often wages must be paid: Texas Payday Law (Labor Code ch. 61): employers must pay in full, on time, on scheduled paydays; covers wages, agreed commissions/bonuses, and certain policy-based fringe benefits.
Final paycheck after separation: Under the Payday Law; final pay per TWC rules (Tex. Admin. Code ch. 821).
How to file a wage claim: File a wage claim with TWC online or via paper form WH-1 by mail/fax to the Wage and Hour Department, Austin. TWC notifies the employer (14 days), issues a Preliminary Wage Determination Order (appealable), and attempts collection.
Deadline to claim (statute of limitations): 180 days after wages were originally due (state claim); federal FLSA via US DOL has a separate 2-year window.
Other state-specific rules: Unused fringe benefits payable only if the employer's written policy provides. Payroll deductions require court order, law, or written authorization.

Primary source: Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), Wage and Hour Department. Statute citations are the state's own; verify your specific situation before acting.