{"id":2428,"date":"2024-12-17T09:16:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T15:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2024-12-17T16:41:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T22:41:51","slug":"state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\/","title":{"rendered":"State Minimum Wage to Increase January 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The minimum wage in Illinois is increasing on January 1st, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Workers will see an increase of $1 per hour from $14 to $15. The minimum wage for tipped workers will rise to $9 per hour and youth workers (under 18) working fewer than 650 hours per calendar year will see their hourly wage increase to $13 per hour.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since day one of my administration, I\u2019ve made it my mission to build an economy that works for everyone and raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour fulfills that promise to our working families,&#8221;&nbsp;said Governor JB Pritzker. &#8220;This increase honors the workers who power our state and ensures they can better support their families, bringing us closer to a stronger, more equitable economy for all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For too long, Illinois&#8217; working families have contributed to our shared home without fair compensation,&#8221;&nbsp;said Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton. &#8220;The increased minimum wage is a long-overdue recognition of those who keep us moving forward. I\u2019m grateful to be part of an administration that keeps its word to the people we serve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is the seventh and final increase in the state&#8217;s minimum wage that was included in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/publicacts\/101\/101-0001.htm\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/publicacts\/101\/101-0001.htm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1734534420456000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0EM89PLHuPR7B1whfKePpw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legislation<\/a>&nbsp;signed by Governor Pritzker in 2019, establishing a schedule of increases resulting in a $15 per hour minimum wage in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the cost of living has gone up, the wage increases enacted by the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Pritzker have helped Illinois workers pay for their everyday expenses,&#8221;&nbsp;said Illinois Department of Labor Director Jane Flanagan. &#8220;As we welcome the new year, we can also celebrate that hourly workers will be getting a bump in pay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Minimum wage workers are encouraged to review their paystubs in the new year to ensure they are being paid correctly. Workers in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/bacp\/supp_info\/minimumwageinformation.html#:~:text=As%20of%20July%201%2C%202023,with%204%20to%2020%20workers.\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/bacp\/supp_info\/minimumwageinformation.html%23:~:text%3DAs%2520of%2520July%25201%252C%25202023,with%25204%2520to%252020%2520workers.&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1734534420456000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0b9imSS5n-WycSm_ImIq4p\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City of Chicago<\/a>&nbsp;are required to be paid at a higher rate, depending on the size of their employer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The minimum wage in Illinois is increasing on January 1st, 2025. &nbsp; Workers will see an increase of $1 per hour from $14 to $15. The minimum wage for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>State Minimum Wage to Increase January 1 - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State Minimum Wage to Increase January 1 - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-17T15:16:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-17T22:41:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Website Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Website Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Website Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9b80e0700387eec6cfcf4024ab321e9e\"},\"headline\":\"State Minimum Wage to Increase January 1\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-17T15:16:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-17T22:41:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":329,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\\\/\",\"name\":\"State Minimum Wage to Increase January 1 - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-17T15:16:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-17T22:41:51+00:00\",\"description\":\"Effingham's News and Sports Leader\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"State Minimum Wage to Increase January 1\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/premier-logo-v1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/premier-logo-v1.png\",\"width\":272,\"height\":69,\"caption\":\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9b80e0700387eec6cfcf4024ab321e9e\",\"name\":\"Website Admin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/webdev\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"State Minimum Wage to Increase January 1 - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","description":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"State Minimum Wage to Increase January 1 - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","og_description":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\/","og_site_name":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","article_published_time":"2024-12-17T15:16:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-17T22:41:51+00:00","author":"Website Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Website Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\/"},"author":{"name":"Website Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/9b80e0700387eec6cfcf4024ab321e9e"},"headline":"State Minimum Wage to Increase January 1","datePublished":"2024-12-17T15:16:22+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-17T22:41:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\/"},"wordCount":329,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\/","name":"State Minimum Wage to Increase January 1 - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-12-17T15:16:22+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-17T22:41:51+00:00","description":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2428-state-minimum-wage-to-increase-january-1\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"State Minimum Wage to Increase January 1"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/","name":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/premier-logo-v1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/premier-logo-v1.png","width":272,"height":69,"caption":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/9b80e0700387eec6cfcf4024ab321e9e","name":"Website Admin","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/author\/webdev\/"}]}},"modified_by":"Website Admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions\/2434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}