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Maryland · public works / prevailing wage · State Fin. & Proc. § 17-214

After ten on a weekday. Time-and-a-half for all Sunday and holiday hours.

Md. Code, State Fin. & Proc. § 17-214 for labor on Maryland public works (prevailing wage): 1.5× after 10 hours in a calendar day and after 40 hours in a workweek. Sunday and legal holidays: ALL hours at 1.5×. Saturday is not an all-hours premium — unlike Oregon public works (Sat/Sun/holiday all hours at 1.5×). Sunday/holiday is 1.5× not 2× — unlike Missouri public works. Eight Sunday hours @ $20 are $240 here, $320 on Missouri PW, and $160 on Minnesota PW (no weekend all-hours). Typed rate is the prevailing hourly wage excluding fringe (fringe at 1×).

Read the statute: daily after 10, weekly 40, Sunday/holiday time-and-a-half

Official bodies fetched for this page: MGALEG State Fin. & Proc. § 17-214, § 17-208 (Commissioner sets straight-time and overtime prevailing rates), § 17-201 definitions, MD Labor Prevailing Wage Overview, FAQ Q49, and Prevailing Wage Instructions for Contractors — all HTTP 200.

§ 17-214(b). A contractor and subcontractor shall pay an employee the prevailing wage rate of overtime for each hour that the employee works: (1) in excess of 10 hours in any single calendar day; (2) in excess of 40 hours per each workweek; or (3) on Sunday or a legal holiday.

MD Labor Prevailing Wage Instructions: Overtime rates shall be paid … which in no event shall be less than time and one-half the prevailing hourly rate of wages for all hours worked in excess of ten (10) hours in any one calendar day; in excess of forty (40) hours per workweek; and work performed on Sundays and legal holidays.

MD Labor Overview: the Prevailing Wage law applies to a construction project valued at $250,000 or more with qualifying State funding. FAQ Q49 example: 12 hours in one day with only 35 in the week still owes 2 hours of overtime; under-10 each day with 42 in the week still owes 2 hours of weekly overtime. Weekly 40 converts leftover regular only — Sunday/holiday 1.5× hours do not pyramid. Legal holidays are those applicable to the public work (check the legal-holiday box; § 17-214 does not enumerate a closed holiday list). Not Maryland agricultural overtime after 60.

Weekday 10h 07:00–17:00 @ $20 → 10 regular = $200. OR PW without 4×10: 8 regular + 2 OT = $220. FLSA (under 40): 10 regular = $200.
Weekday 12h @ $20 → 10 regular + 2 OT = $260.
Saturday 8h @ $20 → 8 regular = $160. OR PW: 8 OT = $240.
Sunday 8h @ $20 → 8 OT = $240. MO PW: 8 DT = $320. MN PW: 8 regular = $160.
Legal holiday Monday 8h @ $20 → 8 OT = $240.
Five 10-hour weekdays @ $20 → 40 regular + 10 OT = $1,100.
Mon–Fri 8h + Sunday 8h @ $20 → 40 regular + 8 OT = $1,040. MO PW: 40 regular + 8 DT = $1,120.
Overnight-style weekday 07:00–18:00 lunch 30 @ $20 → 10.5h → 10 regular + 0.5 OT = $215.

In scope

  • § 17-214 public works labor: 1.5× after 10 in a calendar day and after 40 in a workweek
  • Sunday and legal holidays: ALL hours at 1.5×
  • Weekly 40 leftover regular only (no pyramiding onto Sunday/holiday OT)
  • Typed rate = prevailing hourly wage (basic cash); fringe at 1× out of cash total
  • Punch-in/out + unpaid lunch; Day 1 is Monday

Out of scope

  • Oregon public works Sat/Sun/holiday all-hours 1.5× — that is /oregon-public-works-overtime/
  • Missouri Sunday/holiday all-hours 2× — that is /missouri-public-works-overtime/
  • Projects under $250,000 / without qualifying State funding; apprentices’ separate rates
  • Davis-Bacon-only federal monitoring; locality determination look-ups
  • Maryland private-sector ag after-60 — that is /maryland-agricultural-overtime/

FAQ

When is overtime due on a Maryland public works project under § 17-214?

State Fin. & Proc. § 17-214(b): pay the prevailing wage rate of overtime for each hour worked (1) in excess of 10 hours in any single calendar day; (2) in excess of 40 hours per each workweek; or (3) on Sunday or a legal holiday. MD Labor Prevailing Wage Instructions / FAQ Q49: that overtime is not less than time and one-half the prevailing hourly rate of wages.

Is Saturday time-and-a-half for all hours in Maryland PW?

No. Unlike Oregon ORS 279C.540 (Saturday all hours at 1.5×), Maryland § 17-214(b)(3) names Sunday and legal holidays only for the all-hours overtime premium. Saturday hours are regular unless they exceed ten in the day or contribute leftover regular past forty in the week. Eight Saturday hours at $20 are $160 here; on /oregon-public-works-overtime/ they are $240.

Is this the same as Missouri public works overtime?

No. Both use after-10 daily and after-40 weekly, and both skip Saturday all-hours. Missouri RSMo § 290.230 pays Sunday/holiday ALL hours at 2×; Maryland § 17-214 pays those hours at 1.5×. Eight Sunday hours @ $20 are $240 here and $320 on /missouri-public-works-overtime/. Typed rate here is the prevailing hourly wage (basic cash); Missouri’s page includes fringe in the OT/holiday base.

Is this the same as Oregon public works overtime?

No. /oregon-public-works-overtime/ is weekday after 8 (or after 10 on a followed 4×10) plus Saturday/Sunday/holiday ALL hours at 1.5×. Maryland is weekday/Saturday after 10, Sunday/holiday ALL hours at 1.5×, and Saturday is not all-hours. A 10-hour weekday @ $20 is $200 here and $220 on Oregon PW without a followed 4×10.