Montana Payroll Information

Montana 2025 Minimum Wage:

• $10.55 per hour
  
  

Montana Overtime Rules:

• 1.5 x’s the regular rate for non-exempt employees for hours worked over 40 in a workweek
  
  

Montana Paystub Requirements:

• All employers in this state when making payment to employees for salaries or wages shall, upon making such payment, give to the employee an itemized statement setting forth moneys deducted because of state and federal income taxes, social security, or any other deductions together with the amount of each deduction.
• Where no deduction is made in such payment of wages or salaries, the employer shall give to the employee a statement that the payment does not include any such deductions.
  
  

How often do you have to pay employees in Montana?

• If the employer does not establish a pay period it is presumed to be semimonthly.  Employees must be paid within 10 days of the pay period end date.
  
  

When is an employee’s final check due in Montana?

• Involuntary terminations – wages are due immediately unless preexisting written policy exists, in which case must be paid within 15 calendar days or the next payday, whichever comes first
• Voluntary resignations – wages are due on the next regular payday or within 15 calendar days, whichever comes first