Maryland Minimum Wage and Overtime Law

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Maryland Minimum Wage and Overtime Law – Employment Standards Service (ESS)

Effective July 1, 2018, please be advised that the minimum wage rate for Maryland will increase to $10.10 and the minimum wage rates for Montgomery County will increase to $12.25 for employers with 51 or more employees and $12.00 for employers with 50 or fewer employees.

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Minimum Wage Rates

$8.75 Effective 7/1/16
$9.25 Effective 7/1/17
$10.10 Effective 7/1/18

Effective Oct. 1, 2017, the new minimum wage for Prince George’s Co. increases to $11.50/hr. Employers in this county are required to post the applicable rate information

Minimum Wage

Most employees must be paid the Maryland State Minimum Wage Rate.

Tipped Employees (earning more than $30 per month in tips): must earn the State Minimum Wage Rate per hour. Employers must pay at least $3.63 per hour. This amount plus tips must equal at least the State Minimum Wage Rate (Maryland Wage and Hour Law: Tip Credit brochure and Allowable Tip Credits For Employees Earning Minimum Wage brochure (Word)).

Amusement and Recreational Establishments: must pay employees at least 85% of the State Minimum Wage Rate or $7.25, whichever is higher (Maryland Wage and Hour Amusement and Recreational Establishment Exemptions brochure).

Employees under 20 years of age: must earn at least 85% of the State Minimum Wage Rate
for the first 6 months of employment.

Overtime

Most employees must be paid 1.5 times their usual hourly rate for all work over 40 hrs. per week. Exceptions:

Bowling establishments, and institutions providing on-premise care (other than hospitals) to the sick, the aged, or individuals with disabilities for all work over 48 hrs. per week
Agricultural workers for all work over 60 hrs. per week (Maryland Wage and Hour Agriculture Exemptions brochure)

Exemptions

Minimum Wage and Overtime Exemptions:

Certain agricultural employees
Executives, administrative, and professional employees
Volunteers for educational, charitable, religious, and non-profit organizations
Employees under 16 working less than 20 hours per week
Outside salesman
Commissioned employees
Employees enrolled as a trainee as part of a public school special education program
Non-administrative employees of organized camps
Certain establishments selling food and drink for consumption on the premises grossing less than $400,000 annually
Drive-in theaters
Establishments engaged in the first canning, packing or freezing of fruits, vegetables, poultry, or seafood

Overtime Only Exemptions (must earn the State Minimum Wage Rate):

Taxicab drivers
Certain employees selling/servicing automobiles, farm equipment, trailers, or trucks
Non-profit concert promoter, theater, music festival, music pavilion, or theatrical show
Employers subject to certain railroad requirements of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, the Federal Motor Carrier Act, and the Interstate Commerce Commission

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