Maryland Minimum Wage and Overtime Law Poster Required

Minimum Wage
and Overtime Law
Montgomery County*

Montgomery
County
Minimum Wage Rates
Large Employers with 51
or more employees:

$17.15
effective
7/1/2024

Mid-sized Employers with
11 to 50 employees**

(Chapter 27, Article XI, Montgomery County Code )

Minimum Wage
Most employees must be paid the Montgomery Co. Minimum Wage Rate. Employees under
19 years of age and working under 20 hours per week are exempt from this rate.
Tipped Employees (earning more than $30 per month in tips) must earn the Montgomery Co.
Minimum Wage Rate per hour. Employers must pay at least $4.00 per hour. This amount
plus tips must equal at least the Montgomery Co. Minimum Wage Rate. Restaurant
employers who utilize a tip credit are required to provide employees with a Tip Credit Wage
Statement. See Maryland Department of Labor website for additional information.
Employees under 20 years of age must earn at least 85% of the County Minimum Wage Rate
for the first six 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:
• Agricultural workers for all work over 60 hrs. per week

$15.50
effective
7/1/2024

Small Employers with
10 or less than employees

$15.00
$15.00

effective
1/1/2024
effective
1/1/2024

Employers may also be
subject to the Fair Labor
Standards Act.
MD Department of Labor
enforces the Montgomery
County Minimum Wage
Law (see Labor and
Employment Article, Title 3,
Subtitle 1, Annotated Code of
Maryland)

Exemptions (Federal Exemptions also apply under Montgomery County’s Ordinance)
Minimum Wage and Overtime Exemptions:

• Drive-in theaters

• Immediate family member of the employer • Establishments engaged in the first canning,
packing or freezing of fruits, vegetables,
• Certain agricultural employees
poultry, or seafood
• Executives, administrative, and professional
Overtime Exemptions:
employees
• Taxicab drivers
• Volunteers for educational, charitable,
• Certain employees selling/servicing
religious, and non-profit organizations
automobiles, farm equipment, trailers, or
• Employees under the age of 16 working less
trucks
than 20 hours per week
• Non-profit concert promoter, theater,
• Outside salespersons
music festival, music pavilion, or theatrical
• Commissioned employees
show
• Employees enrolled as a trainee as part of a • Employers subject to certain railroad
public school special education program
requirements of the U.S. Dept. of
• Non-administrative employees of organized Transportation, the Federal Motor Carrier
camps
Act, and the Interstate Commerce
• Certain establishments selling food and
Commission
drink for consumption on the premises
• Seasonal amusement and recreational
grossing less than $400,000 annually
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.
** See Montgomery County Law for complete definition of mid -sized employer

Rev. 6/2024