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, up from $14.

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 law, amended by citizens referendum in 2016, requires annual adjustments to the minimum wage based on the cost-of-living index (CPI-W) for the Northeast Region. Between August 2023 and ...

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.

The Portland City Council is expected to set an election date on Monday on an act to increase the city's minimum wage. The minimum wage in Portland is currently $15.50 an hour. If this proposal passes ...

PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - The Maine Department of Labor said the state’s minimum wage will be increasing from $14.15 per hour to $14.65 per hour at the start of the new year. The increase takes ...

Extending the Maine state minimum wage to agricultural employees is simply the right thing to do.

Legislation to more than double the federal hourly minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 is back, but this time it’s not a liberal Democrat leading the charge but a conservative Republican – Josh Hawley of ...

Aug. 17—The Portland City Council will decide Monday whether to put a $20 minimum wage proposal on the November ballot that would put workers in Maine's largest city on track to have the highest ...

Nearly half of U.S. states are set to raise their minimum wage at the outset of 2025, boosting pay for millions of workers stretching from California to Maine. In all, 21 states will raise their ...