Massachusetts Minimum Wage Law

Effective January 1, 2007, the minimum wage in Massachusetts is $7.50 per hour ($8.00 effective January 1, 2008). The minimum wage for 2006 in Massachusetts is $6.75 per hour. Coverage is extended to agricultural employees at a minimum hourly rate of $1.60.

Covered by Massachusetts minimum wage law are all occupations, excluding professional service; outside sales work regularly performed away from employer's place of business; work by persons being rehabilitated or trained in charitable, educational or religious institutions and work by members of religious orders.