Massachusetts

Basic minimum rate: $15.00. Source: US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, state minimum wage table, page updated July 1, 2026.

Minimum wage (US DOL)

Basic minimum rate

$15.00

Premium pay after designated hours

Weekly - 40

Source: US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, state minimum wage table; page updated July 1, 2026. Record: ma.

DOL notes for Massachusetts

• In no case shall the Massachusetts minimum wage rate be less than $0.50 higher than the effective federal minimum rate.

Verbatim from US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, state minimum wage table; page updated July 1, 2026. Record: ma.

Rest periods (US DOL)

DOL lists no state rest-period requirement for Massachusetts.

Source: US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Minimum Length of Rest Periods; table revised January 1, 2023. Record: massachusetts.

Meal periods (US DOL)

Basic standard

Workers have a right to at least a 30-minute meal break or each 6 hours worked in a calendar day. During their meal break, workers must be free of all duties and free to leave the workplace.

Prescribed by

Statute

Coverage

Excludes iron works, glass works, paper mills, letter press establishments, print works, and bleaching or dyeing works.

Comments

The Attorney General may grant exemption to a factory or workshop or mechanical establishment, if in discretion of the Attorney General it is necessary by reason of continuous process or special circumstance, including collective bargaining agreement.

Source: US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Minimum Paid/Unpaid Meal Period; table revised January 1, 2023. Record: massachusetts.

Hours, counted

This page states the DOL rows and nothing beyond them. It does not say how they apply to any particular job, schedule or agreement. For hours, the calculators do arithmetic on the numbers you type: shift hours, hour totals split at 40, long shifts.