Current Minimum Wage
Massachusetts minimum wage$15.00since –

State minimum wage

Massachusetts minimum wage

$15.00 an hour as of September 2, 2026. Tipped cash wage $6.75.

  • The Massachusetts minimum wage is $15.00 an hour, set by state law effective n/a.
  • No increase is currently scheduled in Massachusetts.
  • Tipped employees must be paid at least $6.75 in cash, with a tip credit of up to $8.25.
  • At $15.00 an hour, full-time work (2,080 hours) pays $31,200 a year before taxes.

Tipped cash wage

$6.75
Tip credit up to $8.25

Youth / training

None
No sub-minimum youth or training rate found on the state page.

Next change

None scheduled
Set by statute; no indexing

Local rates

None found
No Massachusetts municipality has a minimum wage ordinance (none in the UCB inventory); an explicit statutory preemption clause was not located.

Rate tiers

TierRateRule
Agricultural and farm labor$8.00M.G.L. c.151 s.2A: less than $8.00/hr in agriculture and farming presumed oppressive (exceptions for workers 17 and under and immediate family).

Coverage, exemptions, and history

Who is covered. All occupations covered by M.G.L. c.151 s.1 ('A wage of less than $15.00 per hour, in any occupation... shall conclusively be presumed to be oppressive and....

Tipped employees. Service employees who customarily receive more than $20/month in tips: cash wage not less than $6.75; employer must make up any shortfall to the full minimum wage, calculated at the end of each...

Recent history. 2018 'grand bargain' law stepped the rate to $15.00 and the service rate to $6.75; no further statutory increases are scheduled.

mass.gov returned 403 to every request, so no agency page is cited; statute text is primary and DOL tables corroborate.

Statute. M.G.L. c.151 s.1 (minimum wage; must be at least $0.50 above the federal rate), s.7 (service rate), s.2A (agriculture); regulations 454....

Common questions

What is the minimum wage in Massachusetts?

$15.00 an hour as of September 2, 2026, under state law effective –.

When does the Massachusetts minimum wage go up next?

No increase is scheduled.

What is the tipped minimum wage in Massachusetts?

$6.75 in cash plus tips; the employer must make up any shortfall to $15.00.

Do any cities in Massachusetts have a higher minimum wage?

None were found in effect.

Sources

  1. https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Chapter151/Section1 official
  2. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state official
  3. https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Chapter151/Section7 official
  4. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped official
  5. https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/inventory-of-us-city-and-county-minimum-wage-ordinances/

Checked 2026-09-02 against Massachusetts Attorney General's Fair Labor Division (enforcement) / Department of Labor...; researcher confidence 0.82.