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Maine Unemployment Benefits

  • Benefit Amounts in Maine: Learn how unemployment works, how much you'll get, and for how long.
    • Minimum
      • $100 per week
    • Maximum
      • $573 per week
    • Duration
      • In Maine, you can receive unemployment benefits for a maximum of 26 weeks under state law. 

  • Eligibility: >Whether you qualify for unemployment.
  • How to Apply: How to apply for unemployment in Maine.
  • Unemployment Office Near Me? How to find your local unemployment office.
  • COVID-19 Benefits: We tracked the rise and fall of COVID-19 unemployment benefit payments.
  • Maine Wage & Hour Law

    • Maine Minimum Wage:  
      • The minimum wage in Maine is $14.15 an hour. Because this is higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25, employees in Maine must be paid at least $14.15 an hour.

        Cumberland County Minimum Wage

        The minimum wage in Cumberland County is currently $14.15 an hour, the state minimum wage. However, cities and counties in Maine are free to adopt their own higher local minimum wage, and dozens of local governments across the country have done so. To find out whether Cumberland County has passed its own minimum wage law since we last updated, visit the county’s website at https://www.cumberlandcounty.org/

        Portland Minimum Wage

        The minimum wage in Portland is $15 an hour. Workers are temporarily entitled to 1.5 times the usual minimum wage for work performed "during a declared emergency," which brings the hourly minimum wage during such time to $22.50 an hour. 

    • Overtime Pay: Every state has rules about weekly maximum hours and overtime. Learn about the overtime laws in Maine and whether they apply to you.
    • Wage Claims: If you're being unlawfully underpaid, you need to learn how to file a "Wage Claim" in Maine. 
    • Tips : Every state has special pay rates for tipped workers. Find out the rules for tipped workers in Maine.
      • In Maine, your employer may pay you a minimum wage of $7.08 an hour, as long as you earn enough in tips to bring your total hourly pay up to the full minimum wage, $14.15 an hour. If you don’t earn enough in tips to bring your compensation to the full minimum wage, your employer must make up the difference.


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