Maryland State Employee Salary Increase 2025. One year in, maryland now has the lowest unemployment rate in the nation, and we have jumped twenty spots in the national ranking of economic momentum. All those eligible for a step increase will receive one in the upcoming fiscal year also starting july 1, 2024.

The largest union for maryland state government employees and gov. Maryland senate bill 555, the fair wage act of 2023, signed into law by moore on april 11, accelerates the pace at which maryland will reach a $15.00 minimum wage.