Maryland Minimum Wage Law Effective 30 days from January 17, 2006, the minimum wage rate in Maryland is $6.15 per hour. Previously, the minimum wage rate in Maryland was $5.15 per hour. The minimum wage rate applies to all employees in Maryland with the following exceptions: - certain persons employed in agricultural labor;
- a physically or mentally handicapped trainee;
- someone working in an executive, administrative or professional capacity;
- volunteers for nonprofit organizations;
- persons who work for not more than 20 hours in any week and who are under 16;
- outside salespersons paid on a commission basis;
- persons who are 62 years or older and work less than 25 hours per week;
- persons employed in the first processing, canning, packaging or freezing of perishable fruits, vegetables, horticultural commodities; poultry or seafood;
- persons employed by an immediate family member;
- persons employed in motion picture theaters;
- persons employed in restaurants, cafes, taverns, drive-ins; drugstores, or other establishments that sell food and drink on the premises and that have an annual gross income of $250,000 or less; and
- resident or day camp personnel in organized camps in Maryland.
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