MT minimum wage increases to $8.75 an hour on Jan. 1
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News from the office of Governor Bullock
MONTANA — Montanans earning minimum wage will see the rate increase to $8.75 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2021.
An estimated 8,000 to 10,000 Montana workers, or two percent of the workforce, received hourly wages less than $8.75 per hour in 2020 and are likely to receive higher wages due to the 2021 minimum wage increase. In 2019, the industry with the largest number of workers earning minimum wage was the accommodations and food services industry. Many minimum-wage workers are front-line workers who are at the greatest risk of COVID-19 exposure.
In 2020, the District of Columbia and 29 U.S. states, including Montana, have minimum wage rates that exceed the federal rate of $7.25 per hour. A map of state minimum wage laws is available on the U.S. Department of Labor’s website at: http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/america.htm.
For more information on minimum wage in Montana, visit DLI’s Research and Analysis Bureau’s website at: http://lmi.mt.gov/Publications/minimum-wage-fact-sheet-3. Additional information can also be found on DLI’s Labor Standard’s Bureau at: http://erd.dli.mt.gov/labor-standards.
