# Maryland — State prevailing wage law applicability thresholds

For Maryland, has a prevailing wage law is Yes; dollar threshold is $250,000; covered project types is state or political subdivision construction contracts including school construction; funding scope is state funding of 25% or more; administering agency is Division of Labor and Industry, Prevailing Wage Unit, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.

- **State:** Maryland _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Has a prevailing wage law:** Yes _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Dollar threshold:** $250,000 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Covered project types:** state or political subdivision construction contracts including school construction _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Funding scope:** state funding of 25% or more _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Administering agency:** Division of Labor and Industry, Prevailing Wage Unit _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** State Finance and Procurement Article, Section 17-201 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> The Prevailing Wage Unit assists prime contractors and subcontractors who perform work on state or political subdivision construction contracts including school construction where the contract value is $250,000 or greater with state funding of 25% or more.

## Source

- https://www.labor.maryland.gov/labor/prev/

Last verified: 2026-08-15. Review by: 2027-08-15.
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