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The minimum wage in New Jersey will increase more than previously expected next year, going up to $14.13 per hour for most workers, the state Labor Department announced this week. The current statewide minimum wage was scheduled to rise from $13 to $14 on Jan. 1, 2023 under a state law Gov. Phil Murphy signed in 2019 that gradually increases the wage to $15 an hour by 2024. But the law allows for a larger bump if there’s a significant increase in the Consumer Price Index, the most widely used measure of inflation in the U.S. An increase in the CPI this year triggered the extra 13 cents per hou…