Texas adopts the federal floor: $7.25/hr. Unchanged since 2009.
Texas Labor Code § 62.051 adopts the federal minimum wage by reference rather than setting a state-specific rate. The practical implication: when Congress raises the federal floor, Texas moves with it. When Congress doesn't, Texas doesn't either. The floor has held at $7.25 for 17 years.
State Minimum Wage Floor
Enforces $7.25/hr as the floor for non-tipped Texas workers and $2.13/hr cash + tip-credit reconciliation for tipped workers. Tracks federal FLSA floor changes for automatic uplift.
What those rules do as a Texas shift is created.
The hero card configuration: Block on save below floor, Flag for FLSA-tied uplifts. Here's what each does at runtime.
When a manager attempts to save a non-tipped Texas shift at a rate below $7.25, the save fails. "Cannot save: rate is below the federal/Texas minimum wage." Tipped workers route through the tip-credit reconciliation policy instead.
If Congress raises the federal minimum wage, Teambridge surfaces every active Texas worker whose rate sits at the old floor. The uplift is one-click — no per-worker editing required.
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Federal floor in, Texas floor out.
Texas doesn't legislate its own minimum wage rate. Section 62.051 of the Labor Code adopts whatever the federal Fair Labor Standards Act sets. So the Texas rate is the federal rate, by definition.
Adoption-by-reference, not a fixed dollar
The statute references the FLSA rate rather than naming a number. So the Texas floor is whatever the FLSA floor is at any given moment. Last federal increase was July 24, 2009 — making the current $7.25 floor 17 years old as of 2026.
No state-level CPI indexing
Unlike Colorado (state CPI), New York (formula-based), or California (statutorily scheduled), Texas has no automatic adjustment. The rate stays at $7.25 until federal law changes.
Teambridge tracks the floor — federal or state, whichever is higher.
Wage-floor enforcement is the simplest of all wage rules: a single number that all Texas non-tipped workers must clear. The complexity is around who's exempt and what counts as wages, not the math.
Floor enforced at save.
Every Texas non-tipped shift saves with $7.25 as the minimum allowed cash rate. Below this, save fails — same logic as Denver/CA local minimums but with no override available.
Uplift surfaced if FLSA changes.
When the federal Department of Labor announces a minimum wage adjustment, Teambridge surfaces all Texas workers below the new floor — and the operator can lift them in one batch.
Distinguishes covered from exempt.
Workers tagged as FLSA-exempt (agricultural, family-owned, small operation under coverage threshold) follow different floors — Teambridge surfaces these as separate categories rather than enforcing a single rule.
Rate history per worker preserved.
Every rate change for every worker logs with date, prior rate, new rate, and the trigger (federal uplift, internal raise, role change). Defensible against TWC wage-claim audits.
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