As of July 1st, the Connecticut minimum wage was raised to $14/hour as part of a 5-year plan to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour by 2023.
The primary goal of the law was to provide Connecticut residents with wages that they could survive on. It was seen as especially important for low-income families to be able to support their children, according to the majority of Connecticut state legislators and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, who supported the plan.
After 2023, the law requires the minimum wage to become indexed to the cost of living index, which is calculated by the U.S. Department of Labor. The rate will grow according to economic indicators, for the first time ever in Connecticut.
Connecticut is not the only state to have a plan to steadily increase the minimum wage. Massachusetts is moving along a similar track, increasing their minimum wage by 75 cents every year until they reach $15/hour. Connecticut and Massachusetts are both on track to reach $15/hour, with Connecticut doing so in June, and Massachusetts raising it in January.
Numerous states including New York, Delaware, Nevada, Florida, and more have raised their minimum wages this year as well, but not quite as high as Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Prior to the 5-year plan, in 2013, before the latest minimum wage increase law was signed, the Connecticut minimum wage climbed to $9.15/hour. Connecticut Voices for Children noted at the time that thousands of workers would be impacted by raising the...
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