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Maryland Minimum Wage and Overtime Law Minimum Wage Rates Employers with 15 or more employees: $13.25 Effective 1/1/23 $15.00 Scheduled 1/1/24 Employers with 14 or fewer employees: $12.80 Effective 1/1/23 $15.00 Scheduled 1/1/24 Montgomery Co.

Different minimum wage rates are in effect.

Employers in this county are required to post the applicable rate information.
(Labor and Employment Article, Title 3, Subtitle 4, Annotated Code of Maryland) 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.
Subject to the adoption of related regulations, restaurant employers who utilize a tip credit are required to provide employees with a written or electronic wage state- ment for each pay period showing the employee’s effective hourly rate of pay including employer paid cash wages plus tips for tip credit hours worked for each workweek of the pay period.

Addi- tional information and updates will be posted on the Maryland Department of Labor website.
Employees under 18 years of age must earn at least 85% of the State Minimum Wage Rate.

Overtime Most employees must be paid 1.5 times their usual hourly rate for all work over 40 hrs.

per week.

Exceptions: • Agricultural workers for all work over 60 hrs.
per week Exemptions Minimum Wage and Overtime Exemptions: • Immediate family member of the employer • 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 salespersons • 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 • Seasonal amusement and recreational establishments that meet certain criteria FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO FILE A COMPLAINT CONTACT: Maryland Department of Labor Division of Labor and Industry—Employment Standards Service 10946 Golden West Drive, Suite 160 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 Telephone Number: (410) 767-2357 • Fax Number: (410) 333-7303 E-mail: dldliemploymentstandards-dllr@maryland.gov EMPLOYERS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO POST THIS INFORMATION CONSPICUOUSLY.
THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE LAW.

TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE, CONSULT A LEGAL ADVISOR.

PENALTIES ARE PRESCRIBED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW.

Rev.

6/2023