Rhode Island Minimum Wage Calculator

Rhode Island’s ordinary minimum is $16 per hour in 2026, rising to $17 on January 1, 2027. Eligible tipped cash remains $3.89. Covered retail Sunday and holiday work can require premium pay even when the week stays below 40 hours.

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Qualifying retail Sunday/holiday hours within the weekly total Count an hour once even when a holiday is Sunday. Ordinary mode requires zero and no separate premium obligation. Retail mode requires at least four actual hours on each qualifying workday. Tips retained in that week ($) Cash-wage treatment Adult ordinary hourly work covered by RI minimum wage and weekly 40-hour overtime. No student/youth, seasonal resort/camp, public-contract, certificate, healthcare 14-day or occupational exception; no higher agreed wage or deductions. Ordinary mode requires no Sunday/holiday premium obligation and no reporting-pay shortfall. Retail mode requires actual coverage under 5-23-2, at least 4 actual hours on each Sunday/holiday worked, no bakery/pharmacy exemption and no tips. Tipped mode requires all state/federal credit conditions and all hours eligible; taxi/limited public vehicles excluded. No bonuses, compulsory service charges, multiple pay rates, or wage deductions. If using the tip credit, eligibility, required advance notice, and lawful tip retention/pooling are confirmed. All hours entered are in that eligible tipped occupation.

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Overtime uses the full regular rate before subtracting a permitted tip credit. The employer must cover a weekly tip shortfall within the selected scope. This floor scenario does not calculate pay at a higher agreed rate. Per-workday pay divides the week by the days with hours. Annual figures repeat the rounded weekly result.

Reviewed rate period: 2026-01-01 through 2027-12-31. Gross earnings before taxes or deductions. Annual figures repeat this weekly scenario; they do not combine different rate periods.

Reviewed October 3, 2026. §28-12-3(p)–(q): enacted 2026–27 wage schedule · Retail Sunday/holiday law.

Compare 2026 and 2027 at the same schedule

Scenario without tips or special premiums	2026	2027
40-hour week	$640	$680
45-hour week	$760	$807.50
40 hours repeated for 52 weeks	$33,280	$35,360

The selected date determines the rate. A workweek crossing January 1 needs both rates and a combined overtime calculation; this tool requires all hours to fall within one rate period. Statutory January 2026 and January 2027 increases.

Retail Sunday and holiday hours must be identified

Covered retail employees receive at least time and a half for qualifying Sunday or holiday work. Section 5-23-2 also guarantees at least four hours of employment. This model requires at least four actual hours on each such day; it does not calculate a short-shift guarantee. Pharmacies and establishments principally preparing or selling bakery products have exceptions, so coverage must be confirmed first. §5-23-2(d)–(e).

At $16, a 32-hour week containing eight qualifying Sunday hours pays $576. A 44-hour week containing those eight Sunday hours pays $768. A 50-hour week with eight Sunday hours pays $880: eight premium hours plus two additional overtime hours. Count Sunday hours in the weekly total and in the premium field, but do not count them twice when calculating pay.

Rhode Island excludes those already premium-paid retail hours from its additional weekly overtime calculation. The calculator pays the larger of qualifying retail premium hours and total hours above 40, which implements that rule for this single-rate scenario. §28-12-4.1(b). The retail option is for nontipped work; other Sunday/holiday rules and special agreements need separate review.

Tipped cash stays $3.89 while the credit changes

At the 2026 floor, the maximum hourly credit is $12.11. With the $17 floor in 2027, it is $13.11. The state statute preserves the $3.89 minimum cash requirement; tips must support the credit and the employer must substantiate it. Taxi and certain public-vehicle work cannot use this allowance. §28-12-5 gratuities.

For 40 eligible hours and $300 tips, initial employer cash is $155.60 in either year. The required shortfall is $184.40 in 2026 or $224.40 in 2027, giving $640 or $680 combined gross. At 45 hours and $600 tips in 2026, employer cash is $215.05 and gross is $815.05. The overtime premium uses the full regular rate before the credit. Federal tipped overtime and shortfalls.

Youth and seasonal exceptions need their own coverage review

Some full-time students under 19 at qualifying nonprofits have a 90% rate. Workers aged 14 or 15 can have a 75% rate when working no more than 24 hours; above that threshold, the full floor applies to all hours. Particular seasonal resorts and camps also have exceptions. This calculator is scoped to adult work at the ordinary floor, and does not decide those exceptions. Federal coverage can independently require wages. DLT exception details.

For an ordinary 30-hour schedule over 48 weeks, gross is $23,040 at the 2026 floor or $24,480 at the 2027 floor, before any taxes, deductions or tips. The Massachusetts minimum wage and Connecticut minimum wage next door use different tipped and premium rules; for other New England work, see New Hampshire minimum wage. Sources · Methodology.

Updated October 5, 2026 First published September 4, 2026

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