Minimum Wage
HB 391 Minimum Wage Increase
- HB 391 increases the Minimum Wage from $5.15 to $6.15 an hour.
- This is the first time Maryland will have a higher minimum wage than the federal minimum wage – which is precedent setting and will set the stage for a political fight lead by unions and others to increase the minimum wage year after year.
- HB 391 does not apply to local or state government workers. This new wage mandate was too costly for them and a majority of assembly members voted to not include governments in the new mandate.
- NFIB believes that wage and benefit decisions need to be made by the small-business owner not the government.
