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

Across all states, the average man’s wage as a full-time worker was $61,661.60, compared to the average yearly wage for a full-time working woman of $50,314.66. How does Illinois rank?

The study analyzes U.S. Census Bureau data and found tipped wage hikes are shown to increase, rather than decrease, the hourly wage gaps between minority tipped employees and white tipped employees.

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

And Illinois ranks number 28 on a state wage gap breakdown, according to the National Women’s Law Center. Overall, women in Illinois earn 79.3 cents for every dollar a man makes, which is on par ...

Illinois' new salary transparency law is all about closing gender, racial wage gaps Starting Jan. 1, under a change to the Illinois Equal Pay Act, job seekers should get wage and benefits ...

The study examined the effects of raising the wage to $10, $13 and $15 an hour. At $10 an hour, it said, the increase would affect 353,000 workers, most of them women.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A graduated income tax could narrow Illinois’ growing income disparity, cut property — as well as income — tax bills and deliver billions of dollars in extra ...

Major choices strongly predict gender wage gaps, even when accounting for occupation choice. But too often, women still lag behind men who study the same subject. The study was published by Dan Black ...