Does an Alabama employer have to give me a pay stub?

Not under state law, because Alabama has no wage and hour statute to require one. Federal law makes the employer keep payroll records, but it does not make the employer hand them to you, so any stub you receive is a matter of company practice.

What is the minimum wage in Alabama in 2026?

Alabama has never enacted one. If your employer is covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the floor is the federal $7.25 an hour; if it is not covered, there is no state rate underneath to fall back on.

How often does my Alabama employer have to pay me?

Whenever the two of you agreed. The federal survey of state payday rules records Alabama as having no regulation on the point, so the frequency is a term of your employment rather than something the state enforces.

Is anything about pay actually regulated by Alabama itself?

Child labour is. The state runs its own Child Labor Law with a certificate for each worksite that employs minors, and detailed daily time records for every employee 18 and under, enforced by the Department of Labor rather than by federal inspectors alone.

Where do I complain about unpaid wages in Alabama?

To the federal Wage and Hour Division, which the state Department of Labor names as the right contact, or to a court. There is no state wage claim process, because there is no state wage statute for it to enforce.

Pay stub requirements in Alabama

Alabama is the shortest page in this set because the state says so itself: its Department of Labor tells employers plainly that Alabama has no separate state wage and hour laws and that federal rules govern instead. There is no state minimum wage, no payday statute, and nothing in state law about what a wage statement must contain or whether one has to be issued at all. The one place where Alabama does legislate is child labour, and that is where the recordkeeping obligations live: certificates per location, and a file on every employee aged eighteen or under.

Pay stub required: No state law on wage statements
Electronic delivery: No state rule either way
Minimum wage (2026): No state rate; federal $7.25 applies
Pay frequency: No state rule at all

What Alabama law requires

The state says outright that it has no wage and hour law
The Alabama Department of Labor tells employers that Alabama follows federal regulations and has no separate state wage and hour laws, and points questions at the federal Wage and Hour Division. That single sentence is why the rest of this page is about federal rules and about minors.
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No state minimum wage means the federal rate is the floor
The U.S. Department of Labor lists Alabama among the states with no minimum wage law of their own. An employer covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act therefore owes at least the federal $7.25 an hour, and an employer outside federal coverage has no state floor to meet.
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No payday statute either
The federal survey of state payday requirements files Alabama under no regulations or not specified, alongside Florida. Nothing in Alabama law obliges a private employer to pay weekly, semimonthly or monthly, so the pay period is whatever the employment agreement makes it.
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Child labour certificates are per location, not per company
An employer that wants to employ anyone under 18 has to hold the right Child Labor Certificate for each location where minors work: Class I for 14 and 15 year olds, Class II for 16 and 17 year olds. The certificate has to be posted in public view at that workplace.
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A file on every employee aged eighteen or under
For each employee 18 or younger the employer keeps on the premises an Employee Information Form, proof of age, and time records showing hours worked each day with starting, ending and break times. An employer that skips the form has to keep the same details in a separate file per employee instead.
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What this generator calculates for Alabama

State withholding for Alabama is calculated from the 2026 figures the state publishes, and our test suite holds those figures against the state's own published calculation rather than against arithmetic of ours.

Frequently asked questions

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Wage and hour law changes. Check the linked source before relying on any figure here, and treat this page as a starting point rather than legal advice.

Pay stub requirements in Alabama

What Alabama law requires

The state says outright that it has no wage and hour law

No state minimum wage means the federal rate is the floor

No payday statute either

Child labour certificates are per location, not per company

A file on every employee aged eighteen or under