Maryland +3 more Minimum Wage Calculator

Maryland's minimum is $15.00/hr, with a tipped cash wage of $3.63 where tips make up the difference.

Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska share this page. Their rules produce the same answer to within a rounding difference, so publishing separate near-identical pages would add URLs without adding information. Every figure below applies to all 4.

Maryland minimum wage earnings estimator

Maryland's minimum is $15.00/hr, with a tipped cash wage of $3.63 where tips make up the difference.

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Maryland at a glance

Figure	Maryland	Source
State minimum wage	$15.00/hr	[4]
Tipped cash wage	$3.63/hr	[4]
Full-time annual gross	$31,200	[4]
Median 2BR rent	$1,955	[1]

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State minimum wage — all 50 states

Maryland highlighted. Same data as the table below, shown as a distribution so the comparison is visible at a glance.

Highlighted: Maryland, ranked 14 of 50. Median $11.

Maryland earnings by hours and weeks worked

Annual gross at Maryland's $15.00 minimum across realistic schedules.

Hours/week	26 wks	36 wks	44 wks	48 wks	50 wks	52 wks
10 h	$3,900	$5,400	$6,600	$7,200	$7,500	$7,800
12 h	$4,680	$6,480	$7,920	$8,640	$9,000	$9,360
15 h	$5,850	$8,100	$9,900	$10,800	$11,250	$11,700
18 h	$7,020	$9,720	$11,880	$12,960	$13,500	$14,040
20 h	$7,800	$10,800	$13,200	$14,400	$15,000	$15,600
24 h	$9,360	$12,960	$15,840	$17,280	$18,000	$18,720
25 h	$9,750	$13,500	$16,500	$18,000	$18,750	$19,500
28 h	$10,920	$15,120	$18,480	$20,160	$21,000	$21,840
30 h	$11,700	$16,200	$19,800	$21,600	$22,500	$23,400
32 h	$12,480	$17,280	$21,120	$23,040	$24,000	$24,960
35 h	$13,650	$18,900	$23,100	$25,200	$26,250	$27,300
37.5 h	$14,625	$20,250	$24,750	$27,000	$28,125	$29,250
40 h	$15,600	$21,600	$26,400	$28,800	$30,000	$31,200
45 h	$17,550	$24,300	$29,700	$32,400	$33,750	$35,100
50 h	$19,500	$27,000	$33,000	$36,000	$37,500	$39,000

Worked figures for Maryland

Maryland values:

Hours	Weekly	Monthly	Annual	Rent Burden
10 h/wk	$150	$650	$7,800	301%
15 h/wk	$225	$975	$11,700	201%
20 h/wk	$300	$1,300	$15,600	150%
25 h/wk	$375	$1,625	$19,500	120%
30 h/wk	$450	$1,950	$23,400	100%
35 h/wk	$525	$2,275	$27,300	86%
40 h/wk	$600	$2,600	$31,200	75%
45 h/wk	$675	$2,925	$35,100	67%
50 h/wk	$750	$3,250	$39,000	60%

How Maryland compares nationally

On state minimum wage, Maryland ranks #14 of 50 at $15.00/hr — 31% above the median of $11.41/hr. The national range runs from $7.25/hr (Wyoming) to $17.13/hr (Washington).

Rank	State	State minimum wage
#12	Delaware	$15.00/hr
#13	Illinois	$15.00/hr
#14	Maryland	$15.00/hr
#15	Massachusetts	$15.00/hr
#16	Missouri	$15.00/hr

Above the federal floors, ranked

Same rule structure as Maryland:

State	State minimum wage	vs Maryland
Connecticut	$16.94/hr	+12.9%
Hawaii	$16.00/hr	+6.7%
New Jersey	$15.92/hr	+6.1%
Arizona	$15.15/hr	+1.0%
Maryland	$15.00/hr	—
Michigan	$13.73/hr	-8.5%
Virginia	$12.77/hr	-14.9%
South Dakota	$11.85/hr	-21.0%
Arkansas	$11.00/hr	-26.7%
West Virginia	$8.75/hr	-41.7%

Maryland questions, answered with Maryland numbers

What is the minimum wage in Maryland?▾

$15.00/hour · rank #12/50 · $7.75 above the federal floor.

What does that pay full time in Maryland?▾

$31,200/year · $2,600/month · $600/week at 40 h.

Can it cover Maryland rent?▾

Median 2BR rent is $1,955 · that is 75% of full-time minimum-wage income (well above the 30% affordability benchmark).

What about tipped work in Maryland?▾

Cash wage $3.63 · tip credit $11.37 · tips must bring you to $15.00.

Part-time at 20 hours?▾

$15,600/year · $1,300/month · rent would take 150% of it.

Other above the federal floors

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Last reviewed 2026-08-26. Maryland figures only — verify with the relevant Maryland agency before acting. How this is calculated.