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Maine Β· 2026-09-28

General adult, non-tipped employment covered by the FLSA. State/federal floor; municipal ordinances are outside this edition.

Intelligence Hours Index
1h 19m

Gross minimum-wage work for one month of this subscription benchmark.

Time, made visible1 bar = 8 hours
0.17 workdays8h is a visual unit, not a legal working day.

Behind the number

Monthly USD price
$20
Hourly minimum wage
USD 15.1
Local currency per USD
1
Reference FX date
2026-09-28
Wage effective / source-reference date
2026-07-01
Last wage verification
2026-09-28
Data status
verified
Service availability
Not yet verified

US list price Β· before taxes Β· gross minimum wage

General adult, non-tipped employee; sector and coverage exceptions may apply.

Official hourly rate; no working-time conversion.

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Regional comparison

One country, local realities.

Only verified statutory values enter the ranking. Unverified regions and systems without a general minimum remain distinct.

RegionHours of workHourly wage, localStatus
Washington DC1h 05m18.4verified
Washington1h 10m17.13verified
New York City, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester1h 11m17verified
Connecticut1h 11m16.94verified
California1h 11m16.9verified
Oregon β€” Portland metro1h 11m16.8verified
Hawaii1h 15m16verified
New York β€” remainder of state1h 15m16verified
Rhode Island1h 15m16verified
New Jersey1h 15m15.92verified
Oregon β€” standard1h 17m15.55verified
Colorado1h 19m15.16verified
Arizona1h 19m15.15verified
Maine1h 19m15.1verified
Delaware1h 20m15verified
Illinois1h 20m15verified
Maryland1h 20m15verified
Massachusetts1h 20m15verified
Missouri1h 20m15verified
Nebraska1h 20m15verified
Oregon β€” nonurban counties1h 22m14.55verified
Vermont1h 23m14.42verified
Alaska1h 26m14verified
Florida1h 26m14verified
Michigan1h 27m13.73verified
Virginia1h 34m12.77verified
Nevada1h 40m12verified
New Mexico1h 40m12verified
South Dakota1h 41m11.85verified
Minnesota1h 45m11.41verified
Arkansas1h 49m11verified
Ohio1h 49m11verified
Montana1h 51m10.85verified
West Virginia2h 17m8.75verified
Alabama2h 46m7.25verified
Georgia2h 46m7.25verified
Idaho2h 46m7.25verified
Indiana2h 46m7.25verified
Iowa2h 46m7.25verified
Kansas2h 46m7.25verified
Kentucky2h 46m7.25verified
Louisiana2h 46m7.25verified
Mississippi2h 46m7.25verified
New Hampshire2h 46m7.25verified
North Carolina2h 46m7.25verified
North Dakota2h 46m7.25verified
Oklahoma2h 46m7.25verified
Pennsylvania2h 46m7.25verified
South Carolina2h 46m7.25verified
Tennessee2h 46m7.25verified
Texas2h 46m7.25verified
Utah2h 46m7.25verified
Wisconsin2h 46m7.25verified
Wyoming2h 46m7.25verified
Actual observations only

A history that starts with evidence.

The first recorded observation is 2026-09-28. A trend will appear once more dated observations accumulate. We do not invent a historical line.

Recorded data table
DateHoursRevision
2026-09-281.32450331125832
Monthly plans

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Claude Pro201h 19m
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Google AI Plus4.990h 20m
Google AI Pro19.991h 19m
Google AI Ultra β€” 5Γ—99.996h 37m
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SuperGrok Plus1006h 37m
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Kimi Pro392h 35m
Kimi Max996h 33m
Kimi Ultra19913h 11m
Source trail

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chatgpt-plus Β· verified 2026-09-28

ChatGPT Plus: USD 20 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.

Observation chatgpt-plus-2026-09-28. Source openai-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.

claude-pro Β· verified 2026-09-28

Claude Pro: USD 20 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.

Observation claude-pro-2026-09-28. Source anthropic-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.

google-ai-pro Β· verified 2026-09-28

Google AI Pro: USD 19.99 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.

Observation google-ai-pro-2026-09-28. Source google-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.

US-ME Β· verified 2026-09-28

DOL consolidated table, effective July 1, 2026: Maine, USD 15.10/hour for the general covered category. This observation starts at the table reference date, which may be later than the underlying law's commencement. State/federal floor only; municipal rates excluded.

Observation US-ME-2026-07-01-15.10. Source us-dol. Approved 2026-09-28.

Approved wage changes

What changed, and when.

Effective / reference datePublished rateState
2026-07-0115.10 USD / hourPublished observation