Minimum wage MCP server (free, no API key)

Looking for an MCP server that looks up the minimum wage for a US state? minimum-wage-mcp is free, MIT licensed and needs no API key and no account. Paste https://minimum-wage-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp into any MCP client that takes a remote server URL. US state minimum wage 2026-2027: rates, tipped wages and scheduled increases for 50 states and DC.

Tools 4, version 1.0.0, licence MIT. Part of the free live-data MCP servers on this hub.

What it answers that a model cannot answer alone

A language model answers from training data that is months old and does arithmetic from memory. This server returns the current figure with its source. In the words of its README, it knows these things that your model does not.

  1. Rates that changed after most training cutoffs: July 1, 2026 changes (Alaska, DC, Oregon), Florida’s September 30, 2026 step to $15.00, and the January 1, 2027 increases already enacted or announced (for example Michigan to $15.00).
  2. Which 2027 rates are fixed in law, which inflation-indexed rates have been published, and which are still unannounced. It never invents an unannounced number.
  3. Tipped cash wages and tip credits by state, which differ widely and change with the base rate.
  4. When the federal $7.25 floor overrides a lower or missing state rate (Alabama, Georgia, Wyoming and others).

Connect it with no key

Hosted URL for Claude.ai custom connectors, ChatGPT developer mode and any client that takes a remote MCP server. Paste it as is. No token, no sign-up.

https://minimum-wage-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp

Claude Code, hosted or local:

claude mcp add --transport http minimum-wage https://minimum-wage-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp
claude mcp add minimum-wage -- npx -y github:theluckystrike/minimum-wage-mcp

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json), runs locally with Node 20 or newer:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "minimum-wage": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "github:theluckystrike/minimum-wage-mcp"] }
  }
}

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "minimum-wage": { "url": "https://minimum-wage-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp" }
  }
}

Tools it exposes

Tool What it does
get_minimum_wage Minimum wage for one US state or DC on a date in 2026-2027: standard hourly rate, tipped cash wage, tip credit and the date the rate took effect.
list_upcoming_increases Every scheduled state minimum wage change from a date (default today) through 2027-12-31, sorted by date, with the new rate, the previous rate, the change and the…
compare_states Side-by-side minimum wages for 2 to 10 US states (or DC) on one date in 2026-2027: standard rate, tipped cash wage, tip credit, effective date and full-time annual pay…
annual_income_at_minimum_wage Gross weekly, monthly and annual pay at a state’s minimum wage on a date in 2026-2027, for given hours per week (default 40) and weeks per year (default 52).

Example output from a live call

Called on 2026-11-03 against the hosted URL above, with no token. The prompt was “What is the minimum wage in California today?” and the client sent this call.

{"name": "get_minimum_wage", "arguments": {"state": "CA"}}

The server answered with this plain-English summary (the structured JSON that follows it in the result is left out here).

California's minimum wage on 2026-11-03 is $16.90 an hour, in force since 2026-01-01. No tip credit is allowed: tipped workers get the full $16.90 in cash. State-level rates only. City and county minimum wages (for example Seattle, Denver, Chicago, San Francisco) are out of scope and can be higher.

Data as of 2026-10-30. The result also returns the source URL and a link for more detail.

Questions people actually ask

Is there an MCP server that looks up the minimum wage for a US state?

Yes. Minimum wage (minimum-wage-mcp) is a free MCP server. US state minimum wage 2026-2027: rates, tipped wages and scheduled increases for 50 states and DC. It is hosted at https://minimum-wage-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp with no token, and it also runs locally with npx -y github:theluckystrike/minimum-wage-mcp.

Does the Minimum wage MCP server need an API key?

No. The hosted endpoint answers tools/list and tools/call without a token or sign-up. The example on this page was called that way on 2026-11-03.

Is it free?

Yes. The code is MIT licensed and the hosted endpoint is free to call. This server has no paid tier at all.

Where do the numbers come from?

Each result carries an as_of date and a source. In the live call on this page the source was https://dof.ca.gov/media/docs/whats-new/Minimum-Wage-Increase-Notification-Governor-and-Legislative-Letter.pdf. The full source list is in DATA_SOURCES.md in the repository.

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