NH Business Review Bill would lock in lower rate for waitstaff if $15 wage is OKd by Congress April 25, 2021 If the federal government raises the minimum wage, New Hampshire employers will have to match that minimum. Tipped employees, however, are treated differently under state and federal law. Now lawmakers in Concord are considering a bill to insulate the tipped wage from federal increases. New Hampshire’s minimum wage is set to $7.25 per hour. More precisely, it’s set to the federal minimum wage. If you’ve ever worked in the restaurant industry, however, you know that tipped employees aren’t paid nearly this much by their employers. In the Granite State, there is a separate “tipped minimum wage” for those who earn more than $30 per month in tips — it is currently slated as 45% of the non-tipped minimum wage. Doing the math, that comes out to $3.27 per hour.