Connecticut

About 6 in 10 minimum wage workers are women.

Minimum wage: $8.25.

Minimum cash wage: $5.69.

Scheduled increase: Jan. 1, 2014: The minimum wage will rise to $8.70. It will increase to $9.00 on Jan. 1, 2015. The new law reduces the percentage of the full minimum wage that most tipped workers must be paid, so their base wage will remain at $5.69.

2013 legislative action: Minimum wage increase enacted in June.