Minimum Wage Increased in Maryland on January 1st
The minimum wage in Maryland has increased as Maryland takes steps toward a $15 minimum wage in 2025.
For employers with at least 15 employees, this is the minimum wage:
- Jan. 1, 2021 — $11.75
- Jan. 1, 2022 — $12.50
- Jan. 1, 2023 — $13.25
- Jan. 1, 2024 — $14
- Jan. 1, 2025 — $15
For employers with 14 or fewer employees, this is the schedule:
- Jan. 1, 2021 — $11.60
- Jan. 1, 2022 — $12.20
- Jan. 1, 2023 — $12.80
- Jan. 1, 2024 — $13.40
- Jan. 1, 2025 — $14
- Jan. 1, 2026 — $14.60
- July 1, 2026 — $15
Through the Secure Maryland Wage Act, employees who work at least 50 percent of the time at a heightened security interest location such as Baltimore-Washington International Airport or Penn Station must be paid at least $13.50 an hour starting Jan. 1, 2022.
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