Connecticut’s minimum wage rises by $1 next week

Gov. Ned Lamont issued a reminder that the state”™s minimum wage will increase from the current rate of $14.00 per hour to $15.00 per hour beginning June 1.

The new increase of the minimum wage is the fifth of five hikes that began in 2019 when the then-rate of $10.10 per hour was raised to $11.00 per hour. It has since upticked by one dollar with each successive year.

“No one should work a full-time job and live in poverty,” Lamont said in a statement. “For too long, while the nation”™s economy grew, the income of the lowest earning workers stayed flat, making existing pay disparities even worse and preventing hardworking families from obtaining financial security. That is why four years ago I signed a law implementing several gradual increases in the minimum wage and then ultimately connecting it to the employment cost index. This is a fair, modest increase, and the money earned will be spent right back into our own economy and support local businesses.”