# State Finance and Procurement (GSF)

## Title 17. Special Provisions -- State and Local Subdivisions

### Subtitle 2. Prevailing Wage Rates -- Public Work Contracts

#### Section 17-214

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, each contractor and subcontractor under a public work contract shall pay not less than the prevailing wage rate of straight time to an employee for each hour that the employee works.

(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.

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Md. Code Ann., State Fin. & Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)