Maryland Minimum Wage and Overtime Law Poster Mandatory

Maryland Minimum Wage
and Overtime Law
Minimum
Wage Rates

(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
statement 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.
Additional information and updates will be posted on the Maryland Department of Labor website.

$15.00

Employees under 18 years of age must earn at least 85% of the State Minimum Wage Rate.

Effective 1/1/24

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

Montgomery Co.
Different minimum
wage rates are in
effect. Employers in
this county are
required to post the
applicable rate
information.

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 the age of 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: [email protected]

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. 12/23