Minimum Wage Increase

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Maine’s minimum hourly wage for most workers increased from $12.75 to $13.80 per hour on January 1, 2023. State law mandates that each January 1st the state minimum wage is adjusted based on the cost of living as measured by the percentage increase (if any) in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the Northeast Region, as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

For more information on wage and hour issues, see MMA Legal Services’ Fair Labor Standards Act Information Packet, available free to members at www.memun.org. (S.F.P.)

Maine’s minimum hourly wage for most workers increased from $12.75 to $13.80 per hour on January 1, 2023. State law mandates that each January 1st the state minimum wage is adjusted based on the cost of living as measured by the percentage increase (if any) in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the Northeast Region, as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

For more information on wage and hour issues, see MMA Legal Services’ Fair Labor Standards Act Information Packet, available free to members at www.memun.org. (S.F.P.)