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New Brunswick’s minimum wage will increase to $15.90 per hour on April 1, the provincial government has confirmed.
The change – which is under the Employment Standards Act – represents an increase of 25 cents from the current rate of $15.65 per hour, noted the Department of Post‑Secondary Education, Training and Labour and reiterated in the Employment Standards Act guidance.
The increase covers those paid by salary, commission or piece work, who must receive at least minimum wage for every hour worked, according to the provincial government.
The province said its minimum wage is indexed to New Brunswick’s consumer price index (CPI), rounded to the nearest five cents. The CPI grew by 1.7 per cent in 2025.
Labour Minister Alyson Townsend described the new rate as part of a broader economic approach.
“A competitive minimum wage is essential to a productive province,” Townsend said. “Workers in every wage bracket are important to a thriving economy.”
In New Brunswick, five per cent of all employees in the province were earning the minimum wage last year, down from six per cent in 2024, according to the provincial government.
It also reported that nearly two‑thirds (64 per cent) of those earning minimum wage were working part time, and just over one‑third (35 per cent) of minimum wage earners were 15 to 19 years of age.
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