Restaurant Minimum Wage 2024. Only seven states currently bar “subminimum” pay for tipped workers like bartenders and restaurant servers, but activists see 2024 as ripe to expand the tally to as many as 20. Restaurant operators are benefiting from reduced inflationary pressures, some easing of labor issues and fewer supply chain.
At least four states are set to vote on measures to make restaurants pay servers a minimum wage regardless of how much they earn in tips. Voters and lawmakers in 10 states, including new york, will decide this year whether to end the tipped minimum wage — a longstanding loophole that allows restaurant.