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Employers are required to pay almost all workers the Montgomery County minimum wage.

Our guide to the local minimum wage laws tells you everything you need to know.

Our guide to the 2023 minimum wage in Maryland answers this question and more.

Construction workers in the District of Columbia can sue their employers for unpaid prevailing wages on certain government projects.

Since January 1, 2021, the Maryland minimum wage has been higher than the Prince George’s County minimum wage.

Effective July 1, 2019, the District of Columbia minimum wage increases to $14.00 per hour, up from $13.25.

If you have tipped employees, you may be eligible to use tip credits when you run your payroll, if your state allows it—and Maryland does!

For public or government projects (schools, museums, courts, etc.), the majority of workers will earn scale wages of more than $20.00 per hour.

Score one for the little guy! It looks like Montgomery County workers are finally going to get a $15 minimum wage.

We look at the hypothetical example of a D.C. cook who doesn’t realize that he’s not receiving the minimum wage. How much is he owed?