Massachusetts minimum wage is going up
The Massachusetts minimum wage will continue to go up each year on January 1 until 2023 in the following steps:
January 1, 2021 -- $13.50
January 1, 2022 -- $14.25
January 1, 2023 -- $15.00
The service rate is also going up. This is the rate employers are permitted to pay tipped employees who regularly receive tips of more than $20 per month. That rate is set to increase each January until 2023 in the following increments:
January 1, 2021 -- $5.55
January 1, 2022 -- $6.15
January 1, 2023 -- $6.75
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