Chicago Minimum Wage Increase

We recently posted our guide to all of the states with minimum wage increases, but one of America’s largest cities also recently voted for an increase. Last month, the Chicago City Council approved an increase to $13 an hour by 2019.

This Chicago minimum wage increase was backed by the city’s mayor, Rahm Emanuel, and passed with overwhelming support by a vote of 44-5. The increase in wages will be gradual; Chicago employers – including household employers – must comply with the new law first on July 1, 2015, when workers’ wages will increase from $8.25 to $10 per hour. It will then rise to $10.50 in 2016, $11 in 2017, $12 in 2018, and finally $13 in 2019. After it hits $13 in 2019, the wage rate will be tied to inflation. Tipped workers will also get a raise, from $4.95 to $5.95 over the next two years.

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