Connecticut Payroll Tax and Labor Laws

Get your Connecticut State Tax ID Number 

Click HERE to obtain State Tax ID  

Click HERE to obtain State Unemployment Tax ID  

Connecticut Wage and Hour Laws 

Minimum Wage  

Connecticut’s minimum wage rate is currently $15.69 per hour.   

For more information on Connecticut’s minimum wage law, please click HERE.  

Overtime  

Connecticut’s overtime law requires covered employers to pay one and one half times the employee’s regular rate of pay for hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek.   

For more information on Connecticut’s overtime law, please click HERE.  

Pay Frequency  

Connecticut’s pay frequency laws require employers to pay employees on a weekly or biweekly basis on regular paydays, designated in advance by the employer. 

Pay Frequency 

Connecticut’s pay frequency laws require employers to pay employees on a weekly basis on regular paydays, designated in advanced by the employer.  

For more information on Connecticut’s pay frequency law, please click HERE. 

Connecticut Unemployment 

Taxable Wage Base ($000s):                          $25,000 

New Employer Rate (% Taxable Wages):         2.8% 

Connecticut Income Tax Withholding 

Connecticut requires employers to withhold state income tax from employee's wages and remit the amounts withheld to the Department of Revenue Services.  

Connecticut State Resources 

Connecticut Department of Revenue Services  

Connecticut Department of Labor  

Connecticut Unemployment Department  

Connecticut SUI Rate  

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Revised 1/1/2024