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                   Johnson County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Olathe)  FIPS: 20091                 - pop.609,863               
             
                   Sedgwick County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Wichita)  FIPS: 20173                 - pop.523,824               
             
                   Shawnee County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Topeka)  FIPS: 20177                 - pop.178,909               
             
                   Wyandotte County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Kansas City)  FIPS: 20209                 - pop.169,245               
             
                   Douglas County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Lawrence)  FIPS: 20045                 - pop.118,785               
             
                   Leavenworth County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Leavenworth)  FIPS: 20103                 - pop.81,881               
             
                   Riley County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Manhattan)  FIPS: 20161                 - pop.71,959               
             
                   Butler County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (El Dorado)  FIPS: 20015                 - pop.67,380               
             
                   Reno County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Hutchinson)  FIPS: 20155                 - pop.61,898               
             
                   Saline County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Salina)  FIPS: 20169                 - pop.54,303               
             
                   Crawford County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Girard)  FIPS: 20037                 - pop.38,972               
             
                   Finney County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Garden City)  FIPS: 20055                 - pop.38,470               
             
                   Geary County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Junction City)  FIPS: 20061                 - pop.36,739               
             
                   Cowley County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Winfield)  FIPS: 20035                 - pop.34,549               
             
                   Ford County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Dodge City)  FIPS: 20057                 - pop.34,287               
             
                   Miami County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Paola)  FIPS: 20121                 - pop.34,191               
             
                   Harvey County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Newton)  FIPS: 20079                 - pop.34,024               
             
                   Lyon County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Emporia)  FIPS: 20111                 - pop.32,179               
             
                   Montgomery County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Independence)  FIPS: 20125                 - pop.31,486               
             
                   McPherson County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (McPherson)  FIPS: 20113                 - pop.30,223               
             
                   Ellis County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Hays)  FIPS: 20051                 - pop.28,934               
             
                   Franklin County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Ottawa)  FIPS: 20059                 - pop.25,996               
             
                   Barton County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Great Bend)  FIPS: 20009                 - pop.25,493               
             
                   Pottawatomie County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Westmoreland)  FIPS: 20149                 - pop.25,348               
             
                   Sumner County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Wellington)  FIPS: 20191                 - pop.22,382               
             
                   Seward County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Liberal)  FIPS: 20175                 - pop.21,964               
             
                   Labette County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Oswego)  FIPS: 20099                 - pop.20,184               
             
                   Cherokee County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Columbus)  FIPS: 20021                 - pop.19,362               
             
                   Dickinson County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Abilene)  FIPS: 20041                 - pop.18,402               
             
                   Jefferson County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Oskaloosa)  FIPS: 20087                 - pop.18,368               
             
                   Atchison County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Atchison)  FIPS: 20005                 - pop.16,348               
             
                   Neosho County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Erie)  FIPS: 20133                 - pop.15,904               
             
                   Osage County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Lyndon)  FIPS: 20139                 - pop.15,766               
             
                   Bourbon County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Fort Scott)  FIPS: 20011                 - pop.14,360               
             
                   Jackson County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Holton)  FIPS: 20085                 - pop.13,232               
             
                   Allen County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Iola)  FIPS: 20001                 - pop.12,526               
             
                   Marion County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Marion)  FIPS: 20115                 - pop.11,823               
             
                   Nemaha County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Seneca)  FIPS: 20131                 - pop.10,273               
             
                   Marshall County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Marysville)  FIPS: 20117                 - pop.10,038               
             
                   Linn County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Mound City)  FIPS: 20107                 - pop.9,591               
             
                   Brown County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Hiawatha)  FIPS: 20013                 - pop.9,508               
             
                   Rice County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Lyons)  FIPS: 20159                 - pop.9,427               
             
                   Pratt County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Pratt)  FIPS: 20151                 - pop.9,157               
             
                   Cloud County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Concordia)  FIPS: 20029                 - pop.9,032               
             
                   Wilson County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Fredonia)  FIPS: 20205                 - pop.8,624               
             
                   Coffey County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Burlington)  FIPS: 20031                 - pop.8,360               
             
                   Clay County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Clay Center)  FIPS: 20027                 - pop.8,117               
             
                   Thomas County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Colby)  FIPS: 20193                 - pop.7,930               
             
                   Anderson County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Garnett)  FIPS: 20003                 - pop.7,836               
             
                   Doniphan County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Troy)  FIPS: 20043                 - pop.7,510               
             
                   Kingman County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Kingman)  FIPS: 20095                 - pop.7,470               
             
                   Grant County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Ulysses)  FIPS: 20067                 - pop.7,352               
             
                   Wabaunsee County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Alma)  FIPS: 20197                 - pop.6,877               
             
                   Russell County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Russell)  FIPS: 20167                 - pop.6,691               
             
                   Ellsworth County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Ellsworth)  FIPS: 20053                 - pop.6,376               
             
                   Pawnee County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Larned)  FIPS: 20145                 - pop.6,253               
             
                   Greenwood County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Eureka)  FIPS: 20073                 - pop.6,016               
             
                   Sherman County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Goodland)  FIPS: 20181                 - pop.5,927               
             
                   Mitchell County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Beloit)  FIPS: 20123                 - pop.5,796               
             
                   Ottawa County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Minneapolis)  FIPS: 20143                 - pop.5,735               
             
                   Gray County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Cimarron)  FIPS: 20069                 - pop.5,653               
             
                   Washington County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Washington)  FIPS: 20201                 - pop.5,530               
             
                   Harper County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Anthony)  FIPS: 20077                 - pop.5,485               
             
                   Norton County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Norton)  FIPS: 20137                 - pop.5,459               
             
                   Morris County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Council Grove)  FIPS: 20127                 - pop.5,386               
             
                   Stevens County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Hugoton)  FIPS: 20189                 - pop.5,250               
             
                   Scott County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Scott City)  FIPS: 20171                 - pop.5,151               
             
                   Phillips County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Phillipsburg)  FIPS: 20147                 - pop.4,981               
             
                   Rooks County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Stockton)  FIPS: 20163                 - pop.4,919               
             
                   Republic County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Belleville)  FIPS: 20157                 - pop.4,674               
             
                   Barber County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Medicine Lodge)  FIPS: 20007                 - pop.4,228               
             
                   Stafford County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Saint John)  FIPS: 20185                 - pop.4,072               
             
                   Meade County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Meade)  FIPS: 20119                 - pop.4,055               
             
                   Kearny County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Lakin)  FIPS: 20093                 - pop.3,983               
             
                   Haskell County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Sublette)  FIPS: 20081                 - pop.3,780               
             
                   Smith County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Smith Center)  FIPS: 20183                 - pop.3,570               
             
                   Osborne County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Osborne)  FIPS: 20141                 - pop.3,500               
             
                   Chautauqua County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Sedan)  FIPS: 20019                 - pop.3,379               
             
                   Woodson County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Yates Center)  FIPS: 20207                 - pop.3,115               
             
                   Rush County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (La Crosse)  FIPS: 20165                 - pop.2,956               
             
                   Lincoln County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Lincoln)  FIPS: 20105                 - pop.2,939               
             
                   Jewell County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Mankato)  FIPS: 20089                 - pop.2,932               
             
                   Edwards County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Kinsley)  FIPS: 20047                 - pop.2,907               
             
                   Trego County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (WaKeeney)  FIPS: 20195                 - pop.2,808               
             
                   Decatur County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Oberlin)  FIPS: 20039                 - pop.2,764               
             
                   Logan County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Oakley)  FIPS: 20109                 - pop.2,762               
             
                   Gove County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Gove)  FIPS: 20063                 - pop.2,718               
             
                   Morton County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Elkhart)  FIPS: 20129                 - pop.2,701               
             
                   Ness County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Ness City)  FIPS: 20135                 - pop.2,687               
             
                   Cheyenne County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Saint Francis)  FIPS: 20023                 - pop.2,616               
             
                   Chase County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Cottonwood Falls)  FIPS: 20017                 - pop.2,572               
             
                   Rawlins County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Atwood)  FIPS: 20153                 - pop.2,561               
             
                   Hamilton County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Syracuse)  FIPS: 20075                 - pop.2,518               
             
                   Elk County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Howard)  FIPS: 20049                 - pop.2,483               
             
                   Kiowa County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Greensburg)  FIPS: 20097                 - pop.2,460               
             
                   Sheridan County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Hoxie)  FIPS: 20179                 - pop.2,447               
             
                   Graham County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Hill City)  FIPS: 20065                 - pop.2,415               
             
                   Wichita County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Leoti)  FIPS: 20203                 - pop.2,152               
             
                   Stanton County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Johnson City)  FIPS: 20187                 - pop.2,084               
             
                   Clark County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Ashland)  FIPS: 20025                 - pop.1,991               
             
                   Hodgeman County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Jetmore)  FIPS: 20083                 - pop.1,723               
             
                   Comanche County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Coldwater)  FIPS: 20033                 - pop.1,689               
             
                   Lane County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Dighton)  FIPS: 20101                 - pop.1,574               
             
                   Wallace County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Sharon Springs)  FIPS: 20199                 - pop.1,512               
             
                   Greeley County Minimum Wage
               
               County Seat: (Tribune)  FIPS: 20071                 - pop.1,284

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What Is the Minimum Wage in Kansas?

What Is the Minimum Wage in Kansas?

The minimum wage in Kansas is the same as the federal minimum wage: $7.25 an hour.

The minimum wage is the least you can be paid per hour, by law. You are entitled to earn at least the highest minimum wage that applies to you, whether the standard is federal, state, or local. The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25. If your city or state has passed a law setting a higher minimum wage, your employer must pay you at least that higher amount per hour; it cannot pay you the lower federal minimum wage instead.

The minimum wage represents gross earnings: earnings before deductions, such as tax withholding, are taken. Your actual take-home pay may be less than the minimum wage.
Who Earns Overtime in Kansas?
Who Earns Overtime in Kansas?
You qualify for overtime pay if:
- you are paid by the hour
- you are not exempt (for example, because you hold a “white collar” job), and
- you work over 40 hours in a workweek (or 8 hours in a workday in some states).
If you are eligible for overtime, you are entitled to 1-1/2 times your regular hourly rate for each overtime hour worked. Check the Kansas Department of Labor for the overtime standards in Kansas.

For more information about overtime eligibility, see Am I Entitled to Overtime Pay in Kansas?
How Do I Calculate My Hourly Wage?

How Do I Calculate My Hourly Wage?

To calculate your hourly wage, take the total amount you are paid (whether by the hour, as a salary, by piece rate, or on commission) in a pay period, such as one workweek. Divide that total amount by the total number of regular time (not overtime) hours you worked to earn that money. Be sure to count every hour you worked, including time spent working from home (if allowed by your employer) and any break time for which you should be paid, including breaks that lasted 20 minutes or less and breaks during which you had to work. The hourly rate that you come up with must be at least the minimum wage in Kansas.

For more information about your pay rights, see What Are My Rights to Pay for Work in Kansas?
What Is a Tip Credit?

What Is a Tip Credit?

A tip credit is the amount of tips you earn that your employer can count towards its obligation to pay you the minimum wage.

An employer that is allowed to take a tip credit can pay you less than the regular minimum wage, as long as you earn enough in tips to bring your hourly compensation up to at least the minimum wage. Under federal law, for example, the minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, but employers may pay tipped employees as little as $2.13 an hour, as long as the employee earns at least the rest in tips. An employer taking advantage of this lower minimum wage is taking a tip credit of $5.12 an hour.

Not all states allow employers to take a tip credit. Some states that allow a tip credit set the minimum tipped wage amount at $2.13 an hour, like federal law; others have established a higher tipped minimum wage.
In Kansas, your employer may pay you a minimum wage of $2.13 an hour, as long as you earn enough in tips to bring your total hourly pay up to the full minimum wage, $7.25 an hour. If you don’t earn enough in tips to bring your compensation to the full minimum wage, your employer must make up the difference.
Are Tip Pools Legal?
Are Tip Pools Legal?
Does your employer require you to pool tips? Tip pooling, sometimes called tip sharing or tipping out, is a common practice in establishments where only some employees receive tips directly from customers, especially restaurants.

In a tip pool, tipped employees put a certain amount or percentage of their tips into a pot, which is then shared among a group of employees. Whether a tip pool is legal depends on who shares in the pool, among other things.

The general rule is that tips belong to the employee who received them. However, employees can be required to pay part of their tips into a tip sharing arrangement, as long as it meets these legal requirements:
- The employer may not share in the tip pool. This includes managers and supervisors. If managers and supervisors receive their own tips for services they directly and solely provide to customers, they may contribute a portion of those tips to the tip pool, but they may not take any money from the pool.
- If the employer takes a tip credit, then only employees who regularly and customarily receive tips may share in the tip pool. For example, wait staff, bussers, and bartenders may be part of the tip pool, but "back of the house" employees -- like cooks and dishwashers -- may not. (Employers that don't take a tip credit may allow back of the house employees to take a share of the tip pool, but only if state law allows it.)
- Only the amount of tips an employee actually takes home counts towards any employer tip credit. In other words, if an employee has to share tips, the employee's hourly wage includes only what the employee got back from the tip pool, not what the employee had to put into the pot.
Am I Entitled to Breaks?

Am I Entitled to Breaks?

Believe it or not, employers in many states have no legal obligation to give their employees any breaks during the work day. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not require employers to provide any breaks, and many states follow the same rule. Other states require employers to provide rest breaks, meal breaks, or both.

A small number of states require employers to provide paid rest breaks during the work day.
Kansas employers are not required to provide meal breaks. If an employer who is not covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act chooses to provide meal breaks, you are entitled to be paid for your break unless it lasts 30 minutes or more.
Kansas law does not require employers to provide rest breaks. If your employer chooses to let employees take rest breaks, it must pay you for breaks that last for 20 minutes or less.
How Can I Enforce My Wage and Hour Rights?
How Can I Enforce My Wage and Hour Rights?
If your employer hasn't paid you overtime, hasn't given you legally required breaks, didn't give you a final paycheck, or has otherwise not paid you everything you are owed, you should take steps to assert your rights. There are three things you can do:
- Complain within your company. Use your company's internal complaint process to raise your concerns. Ask the company to investigate and make the situation right. The law protects you from employer retaliation for asserting your wage and hour rights.
- File a wage claim. If your company doesn't resolve your complaint to your satisfaction, find out whether your state has an administrative wage claim procedure. In most states, you can file a claim with the state agency that enforces wage and hour laws. Your claim may be investigated, settled, or sent to an administrative hearing, where you can present evidence that you were not paid properly. It's a good idea to talk to an employment lawyer if you are considering filing a wage claim. A lawyer can help you word the complaint properly, present your best evidence persuasively, and reach the best possible outcome -- all while preserving your arguments for court, if things don't work out.
- File a lawsuit. If other avenues don't work, you can sue your employer in state or federal court for wage theft. At this point, you will definitely need legal representation to persuade a judge or jury to enter a judgment in your favor.
What Is a Wage Claim?

What Is a Wage Claim?

A wage claim is an administrative complaint you can make against your employer with your state department of labor. Most states have created a process for employees to file a wage claim with a government agency, so they can get their claims adjudicated and get the money they are owed, in less time and for less money than it would cost to file a lawsuit.

Not every state has a wage claim procedure, however.

Check the website of the Kansas Department of Labor to learn more.
Do I Need a Lawyer for My Overtime or Wage Case?

Do I Need a Lawyer for My Overtime or Wage Case?

In most cases, it makes sense to hire a lawyer to pursue your overtime or unpaid wage claim. This doesn’t mean you should hire a lawyer at the first sign of trouble, however. If you believe your employer hasn’t paid you fairly, start by raising the issue within your company. Ask your manager or your human resource representative about the problem, or file a complaint using your company’s internal complaint process. It is illegal for your employer to retaliate against you for making a wage and hour complaint, whether you make it within your company or to an outside agency or court.

If your company does nothing to address your concerns – or breaks the law by firing or disciplining you for asserting your rights – then it’s time to talk to a lawyer. At this point, your options are to negotiate a settlement of your claims with your employer, file a wage claim against your employer with your state’s labor department (if your state has this type of procedure), or file a lawsuit. Having a lawyer will greatly boost your chances of success in any of these endeavors. And, because most lawyers work on a contingency fee basis in these types of cases, you won’t have to pay the lawyer unless you win. Learn more about finding a wage and hour lawyer.
How Do Wage and Hour Lawyers Charge?

How Do Wage and Hour Lawyers Charge?

Most lawyers that represent employees charge a contingency fee. This means the lawyer gets paid only if the client wins, and only out of the money the client receives as a settlement or court award. When you meet with a lawyer, ask how the lawyer charges, including what percentage he or she will take as a contingency fee.

You will most likely have to pay the costs of litigation, including court fees, transcription costs, copying costs, and so on. Some attorneys will advance these costs for you, paying them out of pocket until the end of the case. If you win, you can use your award to pay the costs.
What Is a Class Action Lawsuit?

What Is a Class Action Lawsuit?

A class action lawsuit is a court case brought on behalf of a group of employees who have similar legal claims against their employer. In a class action case, one lawsuit decides the rights of all employees who are members of the class.

It’s not uncommon for overtime and unpaid wage cases to be brought as class action lawsuits, if the employer applied an illegal policy to a group of employees. For example, if a retail employer required all employees to arrive at 8:30 a.m., spend half an hour cleaning the store and restocking shelves, and then clock in (and start to get paid) at 9 a.m., an attorney might bring a class action lawsuit on behalf of all employees who were subjected to this policy.

Many wage and hour cases involve relatively small dollar amounts. Although every dollar you aren’t paid is undoubtedly very important to you, the overall value of your case might not be high enough to interest an attorney in representing you. When a number of employees combine in one lawsuit, the attorney can bring all of your claims at the same time and earn a higher fee.