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Yes.

The minimum wage has remained the same since 2017 for employees who receive tips in Connecticut.

That year, the state increased the minimum wage from $6.07 to $6.38 for hotel and restaurant employees and from $7.82 to $8.23 for bartenders. The rate has remained there since. Tips are calculated into these workers’ wages.

The minimum wage for all other workers in Connecticut, meanwhile, increases annually per a 2019 law — Public Act 19-4, which tied the yearly adjustment to economic indicators like the federal employment cost index.

The act also safeguards the minimum wage, which means that if the federal wage equals or is above Connecticut’s, the state rate will be 0.5% higher.

The most recent minimum wage increase of $0.59 from $16.35 per hour to $16.94 will become effective on Jan. 1, 2026.

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Mariana Navarrete Villegas is a Community Engagement Reporter for The Connecticut Mirror, covering Hartford. She recently graduated from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism with a master’s degree in Bilingual Journalism. Previously, she was the Community Engagement and Video Assistant at Epicenter-NYC and a Podcast Intern at The Take, Al Jazeera English’s daily news podcast. As a reporter, she has covered stories from New York to Florida, California, Panama, and Mexico, focusing on labor rights, immigration, and community care. She also hosts 'La Chismesita,' a community radio show in New York that archives oral histories through conversations with women community leaders. Originally from Mexico, Mariana spent her teenage years in Panama. She holds a B.A. in Global Studies with a minor in Psychology from Saint Leo University, where she interned at the International Rescue Committee.