Maine Minimum Wage Calculator
Maine’s state minimum is $15.10 per hour in 2026. Covered Portland work uses $16.75; covered Rockland work uses $16.00. Select the rule for the workplace before calculating cash wages, retained tips and weekly overtime.
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Overtime uses the full regular rate before subtracting a permitted tip credit. The employer must cover a weekly tip shortfall within the selected scope. This floor scenario does not calculate pay at a higher agreed rate. Per-workday pay divides the week by the days with hours. Annual figures repeat the rounded weekly result.
Reviewed rate period: 2026-01-01 through 2027-12-31. Gross earnings before taxes or deductions. Annual figures repeat this weekly scenario; they do not combine different rate periods.
Reviewed October 2, 2026. The model covers ordinary nonagricultural adult employment through the reviewed 2027 date horizon. Maine DOL rate schedule and local-wage guidance.
Maine statewide 2027 minimum
The 2027 Maine labor poster establishes $15.70 per hour and a $7.85 direct service wage from January 1. The service-worker definition requires more than $199 in monthly tips in 2027, compared with $191 in 2026. Portland’s Chapter 33 separately sets $17.75 for January 2027 and caps the tip credit at half the local minimum. That half is $8.875: the calculator keeps the half-cent internally, then rounds the weekly payroll total. Confirm local coverage independently before using the statewide amount.
Three rates and three tipped cash floors
| Confirmed applicable rule | Full hourly minimum | Eligible service cash floor | 40-hour full-cash gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine state | $15.10 | $7.55 | $604.00 |
| Portland | $16.75 | $8.38 | $670.00 |
| Rockland, covered employer | $16.00 | $8.00 | $640.00 |
The local values come from Portland’s January 2026 notice and Rockland’s 2026 notice. Portland’s cash floor rounds to $8.38, leaving an $8.37 credit. The calculator preserves those cents instead of assuming two identical halves.
Rockland’s employer-size condition matters
The city ordinance applies its local minimum to employers with more than 25 employees. Its definitions also address a place of business in Rockland and work performed inside city boundaries. The calculator’s Rockland option requires those conditions to be confirmed. A worker at a smaller employer should check state coverage instead of automatically selecting the city figure. Rockland Code § 2-116.
Working in more than one jurisdiction during a week requires a combined payroll calculation. Do not enter all hours at the lowest location’s rate or calculate overtime independently for each city. This form assumes one applicable rate throughout the workweek.
Portland’s notice has paycheck and record requirements
The city’s 2026 notice calls for wage information with the first paycheck and daily-hours and wage records retained for at least three years after the employee leaves. It directs local minimum-wage complaints to the City Manager’s Office. The ordinary Portland option here excludes work subject to an emergency premium; check the applicable city rule for that situation. Portland notice; city minimum-wage office.
Tips must support the credit in the same week
The 2026 service-employee threshold is more than $191 in customary monthly tips. That monthly qualification does not replace the weekly shortfall check. At the state floor, 40 hours with $250 retained tips yields $302 cash before adjustment; another $52 is due from the employer, giving $354 cash and $604 combined gross. Maine DOL 2026 announcement.
For the same 40 hours and $250 tips, Portland requires $84.80 of additional cash, reaching $670 gross; Rockland requires $70, reaching $640. Enter tips retained after a valid pool. Maine’s statute prohibits deducting card-processing fees from employees’ card tips and requires advance information before claiming a credit. 26 M.R.S. § 664(2).
Overtime starts from the full regular rate
At the Portland floor, 45 hours means $795.625 before weekly rounding. Subtracting a valid $8.37 credit for each of the 45 hours leaves $418.975 cash, displayed as $418.98. With $450 retained tips and no shortfall, gross is $868.98. Multiplying only the $8.38 cash rate by 1.5 would miss part of the obligation. DOL tipped-overtime explanation.
State overtime law has occupational exceptions, including specified marine and food-processing work. Bonuses, commissions and other compensation can also change the regular rate. This tool requires ordinary covered hourly work and excludes those more complex payroll cases. § 664(3).
Agricultural coverage changed in 2026
Maine’s new agricultural minimum-wage law began January 1, 2026. DOL confirms the $15.10 floor also applies under that law. Agricultural overtime and worker coverage need a separate review, so the ordinary weekly-overtime form above does not model farm work. Agricultural wage statute § 652; DOL implementation notice.
Planning for 2027
DOL has published a $15.70 state minimum and $7.85 service cash floor effective January 1, 2027. The form applies those state amounts, the enacted Portland increase and actual prepared Rockland parameters when required. Repeating a 2026 week for 52 weeks is a gross annual scenario, not a forecast using next year’s rates. Dated state schedule.
Nearby wage tools: New Hampshire minimum wage, Massachusetts minimum wage and Vermont minimum wage. Methodology · Sources.
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