Workers prepare for Illinois minimum wage increase in the new year

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Minimum wage workers will see an increase on their paystubs in 2025.

Minimum wage workers are not the only ones who can see an increase on their wages.

“So for tipped workers you know, it goes up to $9 dollars an hour. It was set at 8 dollars and 40 cents, so it goes up to nine. And, for those child workers or those under the age of 18, it will go up to $13 dollars," explained Jason Keller, the Assistant Director for the Illinois Department of Labor. .

This is the 7th and final minimum wage increase, with the first one being in January of 2020.

“We simply want to encourage employers to be aware of the wage increase and be in compliance with the act, and we also want to ask employees to make sure that their paystubs are correct and correspond with the changes in the law coming in on January 1st," said Keller.

And if your paystubs don’t correlate with the new wage, it’s important to reach out to someone and get things fixed.

“They can certainly reach out to their employer, it could just be an honest mistake. If they feel their employers aren’t being helpful and correcting it, then they would come to us and file a complaint, and then we would indicate an investigative process.”

If you have a formal complaint regarding your wages, click here.