Wage & Backpay Calculator Guide for Missouri

US-MO wage and backpay rules

This source-backed guide covers US-MO wage backpay authority (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 290.527 — liquidated damages and 3-year SOL). It certifies only the quoted Oregon wage, overtime, final-wages, penalty-wage, and interest rules listed below; special exemptions and calculator corner cases remain outside certification unless a quoted source says otherwise.

Liquidated Damages — Mo. Rev. Stat. § 290.527

Employer liable for full wage rate plus additional amount equal to twice unpaid wages as liquidated damages. 3-year SOL.

290.527. Any employer who pays any employee less wages than the wages to which the employee is entitled under or by virtue of sections 290.500 to 290.530 shall be liable to the employee affected for the full amount of the wage rate and an additional amount equal to twice the unpaid wages as liquidated damages, less any amount actually paid to the employee by the employer and for costs and such reasonable attorney fees as may be allowed by the court or jury. The employee may bring any legal action necessary to collect the claim. Any agreement between the employee and the employer to work for less than the wage rate shall be no defense to the action. All actions for the collection of any deficiency in wages shall be commenced within three years of the accrual of the cause of action.

Minimum Wage — Mo. Rev. Stat. § 290.502

Missouri minimum wage is $15.00/hr effective January 1, 2026.

290.502. Except as may be otherwise provided pursuant to sections 290.500 to 290.530 , and notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section, effective January 1, 2025, every employer shall pay to each employee wages at the rate of not less than $13.75 per hour, or wages at the same rate or rates set under the provisions of federal law as the federal minimum wage applicable to those covered jobs in interstate commerce, whichever rate per hour is higher. Thereafter, the minimum wage established by this subsection shall be increased by $1.25 per hour, to $15.00 per hour, effective January 1, 2026.

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Sources

• 290.527 — Mo. Rev. Stat. § 290.527 — Wages; Liquidated Damages; Actions; Limitation
• 290.502 — Mo. Rev. Stat. § 290.502 — Minimum Wage Rate

All sources are official primary law published by revisor.mo.gov.

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