(New York, NY) –The minimum wage will go up in the new year in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Starting January 1st, the minimum wage in New York City, Westchester, and Long Island increases 50 cents per hour, to $16.50 an hour. It’ll bump up to $15.50 per hour across the rest of the state.
In New Jersey, most minimum wage workers will earn 36 cents more per hour in the new year, with a new rate of $15.49 an hour. Connecticut’s minimum wage will jump from the current rate of $15.69 per hour to $16.35 an hour. Complaints can be filed to each state’s respective Labor Department if workers don’t get the required increase come January first.
