The study found that, even with the same college degree, students from low-income families earn less than those from middle ...

Can you afford rent in Illinois? What about Rockford, Peoria or Springfield? Here are the highlights of the 2025 "Out of ...

In several states, a renter must earn $20 or more per hour to afford apartments being leased at Fair Market Value. Nearly half of Americans don't make enough money to afford a one-bedroom rental.

A new report finds Illinois renters must earn nearly double minimum wage to afford a two-bedroom apartment.

A new report reveals the hourly wage a full-time worker must earn to afford a modest apartment in each U.S. state, and the ...

Bartenders and other restaurant staff want Illinois to raise the $9-an-hour subminimum wage to $15 an hour for tipped employees and allow them to still keep their tips.

Outside of Chicago, Illinois tipped workers make $8.40 an hour compared to the state's regular minimum wage of $15. Roughly 200,000 tipped workers, 63% women and 40% people of color are impacted ...

Several new Illinois laws and tax increases take effect on July 1, 2025, including new rules for single-use plastics, a tipped minimum wage increase, and taxes on sports bets, vaping and gas.

Although Illinois' minimum wage went up from $14 to $15 per hour on Jan. 1, the city of Chicago’s minimum wage for companies goes into effect on July 1 each year.

Wage Gap Will Cost Each Black Woman $1 Million Over Time, Study Shows. On average, a Black woman makes $50,470 annually at the median compared to $79,950 for a White man.