Mississippi has no state minimum wage, overtime, or wage claim law, so federal FLSA rules decide your pay. Enter your rate and hours for an accurate Mississippi paycheck estimate: 1.5x after 40 hours a week.
Rules verified November 2026 · Sources: U.S. Department of Labor
By Mudassir Khan
Mississippi has no state minimum wage law, no state overtime law, and no state wage claim agency, so the federal Fair Labor Standards Act covers everything. Nonexempt workers earn 1.5 times their regular rate after 40 hours in a workweek. The minimum wage is the federal $7.25, and unpaid overtime claims go to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Federal FLSA rules, Mississippi framing. Each workweek stands alone.
Mississippi has no state wage claim agency, so unpaid overtime goes to the federal DOL or to court. Estimates only. Not tax, legal, or payroll advice. Confirm with your employer or a qualified professional.
Mississippi is one of the few states with no wage and hour agency of its own. The FLSA supplies the minimum wage, the overtime rule, and the claim process, with no state layer on top of any of them.
You cannot file a wage claim with Mississippi, because no state agency handles them. Complaints go to the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor, or you can file a lawsuit in court.
Mississippi taxes income above $10,000 at a flat 4% in 2026, down from 4.4% in 2025, on the way to 3% by 2030. Overtime wages are taxed at the same flat rate as regular pay.
Gross = (40 × rate) + (hours over 40 × rate × 1.5)
| Rule | Mississippi |
|---|---|
| Overtime rule | Federal FLSA only: 1.5 times pay after 40 hours in a workweek |
| Minimum wage 2026 | $7.25 an hour (no state law; cities and counties cannot set a higher rate; tipped cash wage $2.13) |
| State income tax | Flat 4% on income over $10,000 in 2026, phasing down to 3% by 2030 |
| Claim agency | No state agency; U.S. DOL Wage and Hour Division or court |
| Claim deadline | 2 years under the FLSA, 3 years if the violation was willful |
| Worker | Math | Gross |
|---|---|---|
| $7.25/hr, 45 hours | $290.00 + $54.38 | $344.38 |
| $18/hr, 50 hours | $720 + 10 × $27 | $990.00 |
| $25/hr, 44 hours | $1,000 + 4 × $37.50 | $1,150.00 |
| $7.25/hr, 60 hours | $290.00 + $217.50 | $507.50 |
Example 1 runs off the federal minimum wage, which is the only floor Mississippi has. At $7.25 an hour, 45 hours pays $290 in regular pay plus 5 overtime hours at $10.88, and the same math holds in every Mississippi city because local minimum wages are preempted.
Cities cannot raise the wage. A 2013 Mississippi law blocks cities and counties from setting their own minimum wage, so $7.25 holds in Jackson, Gulfport, Oxford, and everywhere else. If a job ad promises more, that is the employer, not the law.
No state final paycheck deadline exists. Mississippi has no law setting when the last paycheck must arrive, so the practical rule is the normal payday. If the check never comes, the federal complaint route is the one that works.
Contract claims follow different clocks. A written employment contract claim has a 3 year window, while an unwritten one has 1 year. Federal overtime claims keep the FLSA 2 year window, 3 if the violation was willful, no matter which contract you signed.
Like Mississippi, Texas runs on federal overtime law alone: our Texas overtime calculator shows the same math in a different state, and the Arkansas overtime calculator covers a neighbor with a state agency. The federal baseline is explained in the FLSA overtime rules guide.
No. Mississippi has no state overtime statute, so the federal Fair Labor Standards Act decides overtime: 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek, for nonexempt employees.
Mississippi has no state agency for wage claims, so complaints go to the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor or to court. Under the FLSA you have 2 years to file, 3 if the violation was willful.
$7.25 an hour, the federal floor, because Mississippi has no state minimum wage law. The tipped cash wage is $2.13 an hour.
No. Mississippi has no daily overtime rule. Only the weekly line matters: hours over 40 in a workweek earn 1.5 times the regular rate, no matter how long any single day was.
Yes, at the same flat rate as regular pay: 4% on income over $10,000 in 2026, falling toward 3% by 2030.
Yes, if nonexempt. A salary alone does not remove overtime rights in Mississippi. Only employees who pass the FLSA exempt duties and salary tests can be denied overtime pay.
Rates and rules checked against these sources in November 2026.
Want the same math without the Mississippi framing? Use the overtime pay calculator. Want the same math without the Mississippi framing? Use the overtime pay calculator. Curious what the no tax on overtime deduction does to a Mississippi paycheck? Try the deduction calculator, with a flat 4% state rate the federal deduction is easy to model.