Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced that the state minimum wage will increase from $15 per hour to $15.69 per hour beginning on Jan. 1, 2024 in a press release published on Monday, Sept. 18. The wage increase is the first implementation of Connecticut’s economic indicator adjustment, a measure that reflects increasing costs of living and employment in the state. Public Act 19-4 increased state minimum wage from $13 per hour to $15 per hour through scheduled increases between 2019 and 2023 and tied future increases to the economic indicator adjustment.

“The minimum wage for many years [has] remained stagnant, making existing pay disparities even worse and preventing hardworking families from obtaining financial security,” Governor Lamont said. “This is a fair, modest increase.”

Several University administrators confirmed that the University will implement the increase according to state law and student workers can expect their wages to increase beginning next semester.

“Starting on January 1st, 2024, the minimum wage for on-campus jobs will be raised to $15.69 per hour, reflecting the state’s minimum hourly wage increase,” Associate Director for Campus Employment Allison Soden said. “Wesleyan adheres to the state minimum wage and will continue to uphold this practice.”

In 2016, the Wesleyan Student Assembly unanimously voted to enact an annual wage increase plan that would increase the University’s minimum hourly wage to $15 by 2019. This plan would have been the...

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