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Maine’s minimum wage gets a lift – and so does Portland’s. While the new statewide minimum wage is $14.15 an hour, up from $13.80 in 2023, Portland's minimum wage is now $15 an hour, ...
Maine’s minimum wage gets a lift. While the new statewide minimum wage is $14.15 an hour, up from $13.80 in 2023, Portland's minimum wage is now $15 an hour, up from $14. Posted January 1, 2024.
Maine is increasing it's minimum wage starting in the new year. Effective on January 1, the minimum wage in Maine will raise for most workers to $14.65, an increase from the current rate of $14.15.
Maine’s minimum wage increased from $7.50 to $12 with the 2016 passage of a then-controversial referendum that also pegged annual minimum wage increases to the cost of living.
Maine's minimum wage will increase from $12.15 an hour to $12.75 an hour at the start of 2022 to adjust for inflation, the Maine Department of Labor announced on Thursday.
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