federal minimum wage increase 2017
The $10.10 wage is the highest imposed by a state, but there are higher minimum wages imposed by cities, including $10.74 in San Francisco. Washington, D.C., will raise its minimum wage to $11.50 by 2016.The federal wage is currently $7.25.nder this new bill, it would instead increase to $9.15. Then it would go up to $9.60 on Jan. 1, 2016, and to $10.10 on Jan. 1, 2017. Between 70,000 and 90,000 people earn the minimum wage in Connecticut, the Senate president, Donald E. Williams Jr., a Democrat, said.