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Illinois minimum wage increases to $11 on New Year's Day

This increase is part of a process incrementally growing the minimum wage to $15 by 2025.

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois minimum wage will go up starting January 1, 2021, according to the Illinois Department of Labor.

As of December 2020, Illinois minimum wage stands at, $10 per hour. On January 1, it will be $11; $6.60 for tipped positions.

The state minimum wage is set to grow incrementally through January of 2025, when it will reach $15 per hour.

Take a look at the Illinois State Minimum Wage Chart

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 1, to gradually increase the minimum wage. This process started in January 2020, when the wage jumped from $8.25 to $9.25 on New Year's Day, and then increased again in July to $10.

Editor's Note: The Tweet below is from February 19, 2019

It’s official: Illinois is the first state in the Midwest to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next six years. We’re giving 1.4 million workers their first raise in nearly a decade. pic.twitter.com/Id3EG2FoLH
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) February 19, 2019